The Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that more than a thousand Syrians fled the country en route to Turkey only between Tuesday and Wednesday. The number of refugees in the neighboring country now exceeds 14 000 pesosas. In total, according to the UN, 30,000 Syrians fled the country since the start of popular uprising that completes one year on this day March 15.
Given the mass exodus of residents toward the neighboring country, Syria is installing mines on its border from Turkey to prevent the passage of refugees, said on Thursday the Turkish Prime Minister Besir Atalay in an interview with television channel NTV .
Turkish authorities indicate that the Syrian army "intervene militarily" against people who want to cross the border. "Many people have lost their lives," says the spokesman of the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
Many refugee camps set up the wounded arrive at the border of Turkey because of landmines, according to reports from the reporter with Radio France International, Germano Assad, who is at the Turkish border with Syria.
Two Turkish journalists who FAEM a documentary in the region are desparecidos There are five days.
mediation
The UN special envoy and the Arab League, Kofi Annan remains in contact with the Syrian authorities to negotiate a ceasefire, according to his spokesman.
"The door of dialogue still open," said Ahmad Fawzi told Reuters. On Friday, Kofi Annan should participate, in Geneva, in a videoconference call with the UN Security Council to report the results of his contacts with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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