Turkey to close border gates with Syria![]() July 25, 2012 - 10:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's border gates with Syria are to be closed on Wednesday, July 25,Turkish Customs and Trade Minister Hayati Yazici was reported as saying by broadcaster NTV. The move comes after Syrian rebels seized control of several border gates along the frontier with Turkey in their 16-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. The decision to close the gates could not immediately be confirmed, Reuters reported. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |