Free Syrian Army Fighters Killed on Lebanon's border
Dozens of fighters of Free Syrian Army (FSA) have been killed in a large-scale operation of government forces in Homs province, near the border with Lebanon, Lebanon-based Al- Mayadeen TV reported on Saturday.
A base of one of the armed groups near a village of al-Qusayr was destroyed. 40 rebels including the leader of the group were killed.
Government forces and armed opposition waged battles in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The battle for the bridge in Sahour neighborhood lasts for the second day. This bridge is of great strategic importance to both sides as control over it allows rebels to communicate with the province, where they get reinforcements, weapons and ammunition and for the government forces it provides access to the eastern districts of Aleppo that are controlled by the rebels.
Several militants, four of them Turkish citizens, were killed on Saturday in the other district of Aleppo, Bustan al-Qasr, Syrian news agency SANA reported. Government forces repelled the attack of armed militants who “supposedly came from Turkey” in the north of Aleppo, said in the statement.
The Syrian conflict has claimed up to 20,000 lives according to various Syrian opposition groups. The UN puts the death toll at over 18,000 people. The Syrian authorities say 8,000 were killed.
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Turkey retaliates after Syrian mortar shell lands in southern Turkey - Xinhua | English.news.cn
Turkey retaliates after Syrian mortar shell lands in southern Turkey
English.news.cn 2012-10-06 17:44:09
ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkey fired back after a mortar shell believed to be fired by Syrian troops at opposition groups on the border landed Saturday morning in southern Turkey, an officia statement said.
"The Syrian mortar shell landed close to a rural area near the Guvecci village of Yayladagi town of Hatay province. Turkey retaliated against Syria by firing four mortar shells on Syria," said the statement issued by Hatay Governor's Office on its website.
Turkey and Syria have been exchanging fire sporadically on the border for days, after a mortar shell from the Syrian side fell Wednesday in the Turkish border town of Akcakale in the southeastern Sanliurfa province and killed five Turks.
On Friday, a Syrian mortar shell fell at a spot about 50 meters away from the border in Hatay's Asagipulluyazi village. Turkish army "fired back at targets" within Syria, but did not cause any casualties, said Hatay Governor Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz.
The Turkish government said Wednesday in a statement that "Our armed forces in border region have given the required response in line with the rule of engagements. Targets in Syria, which were detected by radar, were shot by shelling."
"Turkey will never remain unresponsive against these sorts of provocations of Syrian regime withi the framework of rules of engagement and international law," the statement added.
In an emergency session on Thursday, Turkish parliament approved a motion for cross-border military operations inside Syria.
Ankara has repeatedly complained about the spillover of Syrian artillery and gun fire into its territory. Last week, the Turkish government signaled that it would take action if mortar strikes were repeated on its territory from Syria.
Turkey, once an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but now a leading voice urging him to quit, shelters more than 90,000 Syrian refugees and has provided Syrian rebel army leaders with sanctuary.
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Russia delivers humanitarian aid to Syria
English.news.cn 2012-10-06 17:30:09
MOSCOW, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Russian plane loaded with humanitarian aid arrived in Syria on Saturday, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
The Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft, which took off from Moscow in the morning with some 25 tons of medicines and other supplies on board, arrived at Damascus airport at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time (0700 GMT), said the ministry in a statement.
Last month, Moscow sent some 38 tons of sugar, canned fish and meat, and baby food to the conflict-torn country in a delivery of regular humanitarian aid.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow has provided 4.5 million U.S. dollars to the UN Food Program, 1.5 million dollars to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and 2 million Swiss francs (2.14 million dollars) to the International Red Cross for their humanitarian work in Syria.
Russia has also delivered 80 tons of humanitarian aid to Damascus in the past few months, the ministry said.
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Syrian army kills dozens of foreign terrorists, including four Turks|
Date and Time:6 October 2012
Source: Islmaic Invitation
Syrian army says its forces have killed dozens of foreign-backed foreign terrorists including four Turkish nationals in the northwestern city of Aleppo, Press TV reports.
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A Turkey-Syria war would not be in Muslims’ interests: Iranian general
TEHRAN – The chief of the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces said on Friday that a war between Syria and Turkey would not be in Muslims’ interests but would be in tates’ objectives.
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