Turkish Parliament witnessed on Thursday intense discussion among different parties over the military escalation against Syria.

Turkish Parliament witnessed on Thursday intense discussion among different parties over the military escalation against Syria.

Al-Manar Correspondent, Hasan al-Tahrawi, reported that the opposition voiced rejection to any military operation against Damascus over Syria’s shelling to the Turkish territories day earlier on Wednesday.

Turkish parliament met behind closed doors in an emergency session to consider the government's request to authorize Ankara to conduct cross-border military operations inside Syria.

"Turkey has no interest in a war with Syria. But Turkey is capable of protecting its borders and will retaliate when necessary," Ibrahim Kalin, chief advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Twitter.

Syria bombarded Wednesday the Turkish border town of Akcakale, killing five people and wounding at least 13 others.

Later on Damascus said it would stage an investigation into the incident.
Ankara hit back, as it shelled the Syrian area of Tal Abiad  early on Thursday, 10 km far of the Turkish border, according to Reuters.

According to the Turkish constitution, the government needs the parliament approval to any foreign military operation.

Earlier, in a crisis meeting late on Wednesday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government drew up a motion asking parliament to allow it to conduct operations inside Syria, like the bombing raids that the army regularly carries out against suspected Kurdish  bases in neighboring Iraq.

"Our soil has been the target of aggressive actions by the Syrian Arab Republic Armed Forces since September 20, and they continued despite our numerous warnings and diplomatic initiatives," it read.