20-11-2024 11:32 AM Jerusalem Timing

Turkey Returns Fire at Syria after New Shelling

Turkey Returns Fire at Syria after New Shelling

The Turkish army early Saturday returned fire after a new round of shelling from Syria hit the border province of Hatay

The Turkish army early Saturday returned fire after a new round of shelling from Syria hit the border province of Hatay, the Anatolia news agency reported.Turkeish tanks
  
No casualties were reported, the agency said. The incident on Saturday happened in the small Turkish village of Guvecci, near the border with Syria, when a mortar fell in a rural area. The firing was clearly seen as an intentional act by militant groups in order to further damage the Syrian-Turkish relations.

It came from across the border in Syria in a region where fighting has taken place between rebels and the Syrian army, Anatolia said.
  
The latest exchange came three days after shelling from unknown sides in Syria killed five Turkish nationals in another border town, Akcakale, triggering retaliatory fire and ratcheting up the tense relations which are not in the benefit of both neighbors.