- Title: TURKEY: Syrian refugees in Turkey jubilant amid Assad resignation rumours
- Date: 11th June 2011
- Summary: HATAY, TURKEY (JUNE 10, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MINIBUSES CARRYING SYRIAN REFUGEES TO REFUGEE CAMP HATAY, TURKEY (JUNE 10, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS -ACCESS ALL) VARIOUS OF REFUGEES INSIDE REFUGEE CAMP CHANTING
- Embargoed: 26th June 2011 13:00
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- Location: Turkey, Turkey
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: International Relations,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA8YOMB4Y8MMOSG0K0X0J4012E8
- Story Text: Syrian civilians who fled President Bashar al-Assad's military campaign to stamp out protests against 41 years of of his family rules staged a jubilant demonstration at a refugee camp on Hatay, near the Turkish-Syrian border after they heard unfounded reports that the ruler had stepped down.
Speculation fuelled the hopes of the camp's residents, many of them women and children, as they marched on the camp grounds shouting anti-regime slogans and making victory signs.
Meanwhile, more civilians crossed the hilly, wooded frontier on Friday (June 10). Turkish minibuses were busy collecting them and taking them to the camp.
Anatolian news agency said the number of Syrians seeking refuge across the border had reached 2,792, with more crossing every day.
A further influx of refugees is expected, as state television reported the Syrian army began a military operation in Jisr al-Shughour, a restive town near the Turkish border and the country braced itself for more violent protests.
Turkey's Red Crescent set up make-shift camps along the border. The border itself is marked just with barbed wire and a military road running along the Turkish side. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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