TURKEY/SYRIA: Syrian civIlians, wounded flee after bombing

Record ID: 281593

  • Title: TURKEY/SYRIA: Syrian civIlians, wounded flee after bombing
  • Date: 12th November 2012
  • Summary: RAS AL-AIN, SYRIA (AS SEEN FROM TURKEY) (NOVEMBER 12, 2012) (REUTERS) BLACK PLUME OF SMOKE RISING IN DISTANCE BLACK SMOKE IN DISTANCE WITH PEOPLE RUNNING SMOKE RISING OVER BUILDINGS SMOKE IN DISTANCE WITH ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY (NOVEMBER 12, 2012) (REUTERS) WOUNDED MAN BEING CARRIED BY GROUP OF MEN TO TURKISH SIDE OF THE BORDER, SCRAMBLING UNDER FEN
  • Embargoed: 27th November 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Turkey, Syrian Arab Republic
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  • Country: Turkey Syrian Arab Republic
  • Topics: Conflict,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA82PPGA1RG639OJDPJHORJREEX
  • Story Text: Scores of civilians ran for their lives on Monday (November 12) to the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar after a Syrian warplane bombed the rebel-held town of Ras al-Ain.
    The bomb struck within metres (yards) of the border fence that divides Ras al-Ain from the Turkish settlement of Ceylanpinar, sending up huge plumes of black smoke.
    Syrians were sent fleeing from the area, scrambling beneath the border fence into Turkey.
    A wounded man was carried to a waiting ambulance in Turkish territory by a group of fellow Syrians.
    The Arab and Kurdish town of Ras al-Ain fell to the Free Syrian Army on Thursday (November 8) in fighting that sent 9,000 fleeing in a 24-hour period. It was one of a largest refugee influxes into Turkey of the 19-month civil war.
    Ras al-Ain, 600 km (375 miles) from Damascus, is part of Syria's northeastern oil-producing province of Hasaka, home to many of Syria's million-strong Kurdish minority.
    Syrian Kurds have largely stayed away from the anti-Assad revolt and fear that the mostly Sunni Muslim Arab rebels will ignore their aspirations for autonomy in any post-Assad era.
    Ankara has been alarmed by the increasing number of Syrians seeking refuge in Turkey. More than 120,000 refugees are now registered in Turkish camps.
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