Syria - Turkey Border Clashes Possible?

Turkish And Syrian Forces In Tense Cross-Border Standoff -- The Telegraph

Turkish and Syrian forces engaged in a tense cross-border standoff on Thursday as a fresh military operation against Syrian dissidents threatened to spark a major regional crisis.

An elite Syrian army unit advanced to within quarter of a mile of the Turkish border, expanding an onslaught against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.

Escalating an already acute refugee crisis, hundreds of Syrian civilians cut their way through a border fence into Turkey as they fled an advance into the frontier village of Khirbet al-Joz by the army's Fourth Division and Presidential Guard, led by Mr Assad's feared brother Maher.

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Update: Clinton warns of Syria-Turkey border clashes -- MSNBC/AP

My Comment: If there is going to be clashes, it will be because of Syrian soldiers firing on refugees and Turkey responding when it happens.

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