TURKEY: Wounded Syrians being treated speak of their ordeal after fleeing from the town of Azaz in Aleppo Province

Record ID: 274461

  • Title: TURKEY: Wounded Syrians being treated speak of their ordeal after fleeing from the town of Azaz in Aleppo Province
  • Date: 5th July 2012
  • Summary: KILIS, TURKEY (JULY 4, 2012) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL WOUNDED MAN IN WHEELCHAIR ENTRANCE TO HOSPITAL WOUNDED SYRIAN, ABU MOHAMMAD, LYING IN BED ABU MOHAMMAD'S BROKEN LEG IN PLASTER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN REFUGEE, ABU MOHAMMAD, SAYING: "I am from the town of Azaz, Salama village. I went out this morning to buy bread for my children, on the way (Presid
  • Embargoed: 20th July 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Conflict,International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA41H2CZOSDP2PFBGVG9N03IHQ1
  • Story Text: Wounded Syrians in Turkey told of their ordeal on Wednesday (July 4) after fleeing from heavy shelling in the town of Azaz in Aleppo Province.
    Abu Mohammad said he was shot when he went out to buy food for his children.

    "I am from the town of Azaz, Salama village. I went out this morning to buy bread for my children, on the way (President Bashar) Assad's army hit me. At first, they stopped me and asked me where I was going and I told them that I was going to Azaz to buy bread for my children. He said you people from Salama are all terrorists and he shot me in my leg," he told Reuters.
    Syrian artillery has been shelling the town of Azaz, in Aleppo Province, just seven kilometres from the border.
    Another wounded refugee, Abu Mussab, said many wounded villagers remained trapped and couldn't get medical treatment.

    "We just brought someone here who died and was martyred. In Azaz there were injuries but no cars as helicopters were not allowing anyone to evacuate the wounded." he said.
    Turkey has become increasingly vocal against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, calling for him to step down,.
    It has given sanctuary to rebels and groups opposing the Syrian leader, and there are more than 35,000 Syrian refugees living in camps along Turkey's border with Syria.
    The United Nations says more than 10,000 people have been killed by Assad's forces during the conflict. The Syrian government says at least 2,600 members of the military and security forces have been killed by what it characterises as a plot by foreign-backed "Islamist terrorists" to bring it down.
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