More on Turkey and Syria

By: Joe Cunningham (Diary)  |  October 4th at 04:05 PM  | 

Turkey has authorized cross-border action against Syria if need be. This according to Al Jazeera. The mandate, valid for one year, was passed by 320 votes in the 550-seat Turkish parliament, the Anatolia news agency reported on Thursday. Besir Atalay, Turkey’s deputy prime minister, said authorising the use of force in Syria was not a declaration of war but was intended as a deterrent. The vote | Read More »

Turkey, Syria exchange shells (I don’t mean they went to the beach together)

By: Joe Cunningham (Diary)  |  October 3rd at 07:56 PM  | 

Turkey has hit targets inside Syria. Syria has hit targets inside Turkey. NATO is upset. According to the BBC article: A woman and her three children were among those killed earlier when the shells, apparently fired by Syrian government forces, hit Akcakale. Turkey’s response marks the first time it has fired into Syria during the 18-month-long uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Nato ambassadors discussed | Read More »