Turkish border guards attack Syrian asylum seekers in Idlib
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Turkish border guards caused, on Sunday, four individuals injured, including a child, by a gunfire while attempting to get into Turkey from the town of Salqin in northwest of Idlib Governorate, northwest Syria.
The village of Azmarin and city of Harem in western Idlib witnessed the injury of six individuals by the border guards while attempting to cross the border wall, escaping the military escalation in several cities, towns, and villages in Idlib countryside.
Since Oct. 5, cities, town and villages in Idlib, Hama and Aleppo governorates have been witnessing intense government shelling following an attack on a Military Academy in Homs, which the government accused “terrorist organizations” in Idlib of being behind.
”Thirty individuals attempted this evening to cross from Salqin, west of Idlib, towards Turkey to escape the military escalation in Idlib. However, the Turkish authorities targeted some of them when they crossed the border wall”, a military source from Salqin told a North Press.
The source added that as a result, four individuals were injured, while all others, numbering 26 individuals, were arrested.