IN RUSSIAN
News › Politics

Turkey wants mandate for trans-border operations in Syria

4 October 2012 - 9:32am

The Justice and Development Party of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan organized a special parliamentary session on Syria after artillery attacks on Akhachkala. Five people died and nine were wounded. The Turkish Cabinet wants a mandate for trans-border operations in Syria, RIA Novosti reports.

The Turkish parliament will consider extension of the mandate for military operations in Northern Iraq on October 4, the old mandate expires on October 17. Turkey makes air raids on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. Only the parliament is authorized to permit use of armed forces abroad.

NATO demanded Syria to stop all aggression against its ally, Turkey, as stated at a meeting of ambassadors on Wednesday night.

According to the decision of June 26, NATO will continue monitoring Syria. The incident on October 3, 2012, causes major concerns and criticism.

Turkey opened counter-fire, hitting Syrian artillery at the Idlib District. 50 artillery shots were made at 16 military targets on Syrian territory. Artillery was heard in Akchalak at 6.45 am. Air bases in Diyarbakir, Malatya and Batman were in a state of alert. Turkish ships were preparing at the territorial waters of Syria in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Syrian conflict has been ongoing since March 2011. The UN says over 20,000 people have died. Syrian authorities say that they face well-armed militants supported by foreign states.

 

Read also

Syrian opposition forces to elect new president
May 18 2013 - 10:33
The Syrian opposition forces  are going to meet in Istanbul next week in order to select the new president for the Syrian National Coalition and renew the Cabinet of the interim government,
Diaspora organizations of Turkic-speaking countries sign joint action plan
May 15 2013 - 19:47
The Turkish capital Ankara has hosted the second meeting of the heads of diaspora organizations of the members of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States, the press service of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Work with the Diaspora told Trend.
Erdoğan and Obama to focus on Syrian crisis during bilateral meeting
May 15 2013 - 18:12
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Barack Obama will focus on the Syrian crisis during their bilateral talks,
Taliban frees Turkish hostages, no information about Russian
May 14 2013 - 18:34
The Taliban has freed four remaining Turkish hostages, while no infornation about the Russian national abducted by the militants has been reported so far.
Reyhanli bombing shows that Syrian crisis should be settled at once, Turkish FM says
May 12 2013 - 19:12
The recent explosions in the Turkish town of Reyhanli near the Syrian border that killed 46 people and injured 100 more show that the time has come to settle the Syrian crisis once and for all, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is quoted as saying
Syria denies Reyhanli bombing accusations
May 12 2013 - 15:55
Syria is not responsible for the recent explosions in the Turkish town of Reyhanli that killed 46 people and injured 100 more, Syrian Information Minister Omran az-Zoubi is quoted as saying by Associated Press.
Turkish FM to meet with families of victims of neo-Nazis in Germany
May 10 2013 - 15:20
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is going to meet with the families of victims of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Socialist Underground group during his visit to Germany this weekend,  Hürriyet Daily News cites the Turkish Foreign Ministry as saying in a statement.
Assad tries to open safe corridor for Alawites, Davutoğlu says
May 8 2013 - 15:33
The Assad reginme has pressed the button to implement “Plan B” following the latest killings in Banias, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu says, claiming that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is launching a fifth step to create a safety corridor for Nusayris between the central city of Homs and Lebanon,

Archive