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Hundreds Dead in clashes in Aleppo
In the Offensive of the Syrian army in the province of Aleppo, according to activists, more than 500 people have been killed. Meanwhile, it remains the situation on the Syrian-Turkish border is tense.
Among the dead there were fighters on both sides said the oppositionsnahe Syrian Observatory for human rights, based in London. At least 100 civilians were since the beginning of the Syrian-Russian Offensive at the beginning of February have been killed. Soldiers of President Bashar al-Assad backs Russian air strikes in Aleppo. You should, from rebel-held parts of the city from the surrounding area to cut off, could in the opinion of the United Nations, the food supply for 300,000 in the city ausharrende people collapse. The Offensive has tens of thousands of people to flee to the border with Turkey driven. The Russian foreign Ministry pointed out, meanwhile, once again, accusations of the West is back, with the air campaign, a humanitarian crisis in Syria triggered.
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On the Syrian-Turkish border is heating up the situation further. More and more people are waiting there in over-crowded Camps. Turkey refuses, however, still more refugees into the country, and keeps the borders closed, because they are another invasion of the violent Islamists feared. The recent events seem to be the concern of security experts to confirm. So, a group of 34 people, among them 20 children and ten women, in the border town of Karkamis of Turkish soldiers have been stopped, divided the army with. In addition to four Sprengstoffwesten are in two backpacks, a 12 to 15 kilogram explosives have been found. According to a report in the newspaper “Hürriyet”, the backpacks may be as the belongings of refugees is issued and is so in Turkey are being smuggled.
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bri/sti (afp, reuters)