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Syrian refugee children play in Sidon, southern Lebanon March 6, 2013. A 19-year-old mother of two registered on Wednesday as the millionth refugee to flee Syria, part of an accelerating exodus that is piling pressure on neighboring host countries. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
by anthony.derosaon Mar 6, 2013 at 5:20 PM
A Syrian refugee child poses for a picture in Sidon, southern Lebanon March 6, 2013. A 19-year-old mother of two registered on Wednesday as the millionth refugee to flee Syria, part of an accelerating exodus that is piling pressure on neighboring host countries. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
by anthony.derosaon Mar 6, 2013 at 5:21 PM
Syrian refugee children stand inside their a tent at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, March 6, 2013. UNHCR said the number of Syrians quitting their country has increased dramatically since the beginning of the year with more than 400,000 - nearly half the total - leaving since January 1. Most have fled to Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt and some to North Africa and Europe, arriving traumatised, without possessions and having lost relatives, it said. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
by anthony.derosaon Mar 6, 2013 at 5:22 PM
Sawssan Abdelwahab, who fled Idlib in Syria, walks with her children outside the refugees camp near the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern city of Yayladagi February 16, 2012. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
by anthony.derosaon Mar 6, 2013 at 5:24 PM
A Syrian refugee woman waits her turn to get water in Sidon, southern Lebanon March 6, 2013. A 19-year-old mother of two registered on Wednesday as the millionth refugee to flee Syria, part of an accelerating exodus that is piling pressure on neighboring host countries. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
by anthony.derosaon Mar 6, 2013 at 5:21 PM
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U.S. vows support for Turkey after Syria mortar strike
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday strongly condemned Syria's deadly shelling across its border with Turkey, saying "we stand with our Turkish ally."
"All responsible nations must make clear that it is long past time for Assad to step aside, declare a ceasefire and begin the long-overdue political transition process," White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said, referring to President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on an uprising against his rule.
The White House responded with a declaration of support for NATO partner Turkey after a mortar strike from Syria killed five Turkish civilians on Wednesday. "We stand with our Turkish ally and are continuing to consult closely on the path forward," Vietor said. -
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Pentagon calls Syria mortar strike "depraved," monitoring events
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday strongly condemned Syria's deadly mortar strike into Turkey and said it was closely monitoring the situation.
"This is yet another example of the depraved behavior of the Syrian regime, and why it must go. We regret the loss of life in Turkey, a strong ally," Pentagon spokesman George Little said. -
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NATO demands immediate halt to aggression against Turkey
BRUSSELS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - NATO demanded an immediate halt to "aggressive acts" against alliance member Turkey on Wednesday after a mortar strike from Syria killed five Turkish civilians.
The shelling "constitutes a cause of greatest concern for, and is strongly condemned by, all allies", NATO ambassadors said in a statement, after they held a rare late-night meeting at Turkey's request to discuss the incident.
"The alliance continues to stand by Turkey and demands the immediate cessation of such aggressive acts against an ally, and urges the Syrian regime to put an end to flagrant violations of international law," the statement said. -
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North Atlantic Council statement on developments on the Turkish-Syrian border
As stated on 26 June 2012, the Alliance continues to closely follow the situation in Syria. In view of the Syrian regime’s recent aggressive acts at NATO’s southeastern border, which are a flagrant breach of international law and a clear and present danger to the security of one of its Allies, the North Atlantic Council met today, within the framework of Article 4 of the Washington Treaty, and discussed the continuous shelling of locations in Turkey adjacent to the Turkish-Syrian border by the Syrian regime forces.
The most recent shelling on 3 October 20l2, which caused the death of five Turkish citizens and injured many, constitutes a cause of greatest concern for, and is strongly condemned by, all Allies.
In the spirit of indivisibility of security and solidarity deriving from the Washington Treaty, the Alliance continues to stand by Turkey and demands the immediate cessation of such aggressive acts against an Ally, and urges the Syrian regime to put an end to flagrant violations of international law. (source) -
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UN Security Council discusses Turkey, Syria tensions
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council discussed on Wednesday rising tensions between Syria and Turkey after a mortar bomb from Syria landed in Turkey, killing at least five people, Britain's U.N. envoy Mark Lyall Grant said.
"It's very worrying, and it was raised and discussed in the council this afternoon," said Lyall Grant, adding that the council was now awaiting a letter from Turkey on the incident before it considered possible moves.
The 15-member council was already in a meeting to discuss other issues when Turkey announced it had struck targets in Syria in response to the mortar bombing. It is the most serious cross-border escalation of the 18-month uprising in Syria. -
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Turkey strikes targets inside Syria after mortar attack
Turkey's military struck targets inside Syria on Wednesday in response to a mortar bomb fired from Syrian territory which killed five Turkish civilians, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office said in a statement.
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More: U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon urges Syria's government to respect the territorial integrity of its neighbors and to end violence against Syria. The U.N. chief said the mortar fire from Syria into Turkey shows how conflict is increasingly harming Syria's neighbors.
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Turkey says it has struck targets in Syria in response to a mortar strike from across the border, according to a statement from the prime minister's office.
Turkey also says it has agreed with the NATO Secretary General to convene an urgent meeting of NATO members. -
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President Bashar al-Assad told his troops on Wednesday that their battle against rebels would determine Syria's fate but his written message gave no clues to his whereabouts two weeks after a bomb attack hit his inner circle.
Assad has not spoken in public since the bombing in Damascus on July 18 killed four of his close security aides although he has been seen on television.
His latest remarks - made as the two sides battled for control of Syria's commercial capital Aleppo - appeared in a statement in the military's magazine to mark armed forces day. www.trust.org -
Rebels fighting to depose Syrian president Bashar al Assad have for the first time acquired a small supply of surface-to-air missiles, according to a news report that a Western official did not dispute.
NBC News reported Tuesday night that the rebel Free Syrian Army had obtained nearly two dozen of the weapons, which were delivered to them via neighboring Turkey, whose moderate Islamist government has been demanding Assad's departure with increasing vehemence. www.trust.org -
As Aleppo battle rumbles, hospitals and graveyards fill up
Abdelrahman left school at 17 to join the Syrian rebels in Aleppo. His parents never heard he had reached the city until they got the call to pick up his body.
By evening, his father was in the city, standing on a hillside crammed with white tombstones and fresh graves. Abdelrahman's comrades used their bare hands to seal his final resting place, their clothes stained with mud and the boy's blood.
After 17 months of revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rules, rebel fighters have finally advanced into Syria's largest city.
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There are no coloured lights, no crowds of shoppers thronging the markets for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in rebel-held Aleppo. Trash lines the roadsides, and a few worried faces make their way past quickly.
While some Aleppo residents welcome the arrival of the rebels, others seem wary of the ragtag fighters who have seized parts of this ancient city, which for months stood on the sidelines of the 16-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad that has shaken most of the country. www.trust.org -
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Photo blog from ECHO (European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department)
Over the past 16 months, peaceful demonstrations against the Syrian regime have grown into a full blown conflict affecting almost all of Syria, killing thousands, wounding an unknown number and displacing hundreds of thousands.
According to UNHCR, by 20 July the U.N. agency has registered over 113,000 Syrians who had crossed into neighbouring countries; almost 33,000 of them are in Jordan. www.trust.org -
A Turkish military convoy travels on a main road leading to the southeastern Turkish city of Kilis July 30, 2012. Turkey sent a convoy of about 20 vehicles carrying troops, missile batteries and armoured vehicles to the border with Syria on Monday amid growing concern in Turkey about security on its southern frontier, news reports and witnesses said. It was the latest in a series of deployments in the region in recent weeks. There has been no indication that Turkish forces will cross the border, and the troop movements may be strictly precautionary in the face of spiralling violence in Syria. The convoy left a base in Gaziantep province to head south to Kilis province, where the troops will stay. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
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A Syrian girl rests on a carpet at a garden in Port Said Square in Algiers July 30, 2012. More than 12,000 Syrians fleeing the violence in their home country have sought refuge in Algeria, a source close to the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi
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Syrian opposition scrambles to save credibility ahead of peace talks
ISTANBUL - The Syrian opposition in exile met on Thursday to decide whether to attend a peace conference that the United States and Russia see as a crucial path to ending two years of civil war.
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