Friday, September 19, 2014

Turkey opens border crossing for Syrians escaping ISIL/ISIS

ŞANLIURFA. --Scores of Syrians gathering on Turkish border for the last two days after fleeing attacks from Islamic State and the Levant (ISIL) began crossing the border into Turkey on Friday midday.
Their numbers had been growing over the last two days as they waited for permission to cross at the border district of Tal Abyad in Raqqa city. 
Syrians are now gathering in district in the city of Sanliurfa, called Suruc.

From there they will be transferred to an empty school building in the village of Oylum.
Meanwhile, the fighting lingers in Ayn al-Arab area of Raqqa between militants led by ISIL and Kurdish PYD forces.

Six Syrians including three women were taken to Sanliurfa's Suruc State Hospital and placed under medical treatment there. 

Syria has been plagued by quasi-constant fighting since the regime launched a violent crackdown in response to anti-government protests in March 2011. 

The ensuing conflict spiraled into a civil war and has proved to become a breeding ground for ISIL-led militants, who have since gained control of large parts of Syria and Iraq.
The U.N. has stopped updating its death toll for the country because an official count had become too difficult to verify. At least 100,000 deaths were recorded in the last official count, in July 2013.
http://www.aa.com.tr
19/9/14
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1 comment :

  1. Izzettin Kucuk, the governor of Sanliurfa province, says Turkey decided to permit the Syrians to cross over Friday after reports emerged that militants were closing in on their communities. A day earlier, Turkish authorities refused entry....

    The Islamic State group has taken over more than 20 Kurdish villages since Wednesday in northeastern Syria as the extremists try to crush one of the last pockets of resistance against their rule there, the Kurdish-controlled area known as Kobani.

    Turkey is already home to nearly 850,000 registered Syrian refugees.

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