THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Turkey urged its citizens to leave Syria as it contemplates establishing a buffer zone within the Syrian border to help deal with the flow of refugees fleeing the conflict.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has announced that it will be halting some of its consular services in Damascus next week, as the ongoing violence in Syria now poses “serious security risks” for Turkish citizens and they are “strongly urged to come home.”
Its embassy in Damascus will remain open, despite many Western and Arabic nations halting their ambassadorial activity within Syria, including the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Turkey is also considering the establishment of a buffer zone within the Syrian border, which they would use to aid refugees trying to escape the country. However, such a move could bring Turkish forces into contact with the Syrian government’s troops, who were recently engaged in an assault on the city of Idlib near the Turkish border. » | Paul Carsten | Friday, March 16, 2012
