Turkish vehicles attacked in Syria

PanARMENIAN.Net - Almost 1,000 Turkish trucks are waiting at the border crossings with Syria due to the sanctions.

Armed men fired on two Turks’ cars near the Syrian city of Idlib, slightly injuring one of the drivers, Hurriyet Daily News reports citing Anatolia news agency.

Mehmet Akınay and Nesim Zeytinci were driving to Saudi Arabia through Syria in cars with non-Turkish license plates when they came under fire from gunmen in civilian clothes 15 kilometers from Idlib. One of the cars was hit by 17 bullets, and the other three, Turkish police said. “We were filled with fear on our way back to Turkey,” Zeytinci said, adding that they had taken shelter in a Syrian village at first. The pair fled back to the Turkish border at Cilvegözü.

Meanwhile, a Turkish Foreign Ministry statement earlier Dec 15 called on its citizens to avoid using Cilvegözü and Babel Hava border crossings with Syria as the recent clashes. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) said yesterday the U.S. is confused about the situation in Syria, Anatolia news agency reported. “Their minds are confused about not only how to make Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, but also what will happen to Syria after al-Assad,” Faruk Loğoğlu, deputy head of CHP said.