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Monday, 29 September 2014
Turkish tanks face ISIL near Syria border
Turkey spreads out tanks on hill facing Syrian
border town besieged by ISIL, as US-led air raids
pound group in Syria.
Turkish tanks have been sent to hills overlooking
the Syrian border town of Ain al-Arab besieged by
ISIL, while a US-led coalition intensified its
bombing of the group in northern and eastern
Syria.
Their deployment of Monday came after ISIL fired
shells near a refugee camp on Turkish soil. At
least 15 tanks were positioned, some with their
guns pointing towards Syrian territory.
Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker, reporting from the
Turkish border town of Suruc, said that three
shells fell in Turkey, "very close to a refugee camp,
security forces and a number of protesters who
had gathered to express anger at what they say
was limited support provided to Kuridsh fighters
battling ISIL".
"There has been no response from the Turkish
side, so far," our correspondent said. The military
said earlier it had fired back on Sunday after two
mortar bombs crossed the border.
Dekker added that shells hit at least three homes
and a school in Ain al-Arab, a largely-Kurdish town
known to its residents as Kobane. "There were no
reports of injuries, as the targets were vacant,"
she said.
More than 150,000 Syrian Kurds have streamed
into Turkey since last week, as ISIL fighters
pressed towards Ain al-Arab.
"Things are intensifying. This doesn't mean ISIL
are advancing, because they have long-ranging
artillery, but it shows that the fighting is ongoing,"
Dekker said.
Air strikes
Meanwhile, US-led coalition air raids targeted
towns and villages in northern and eastern Syria
controlled by ISIL.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-
based group that monitors the violence in Syria,
said the coalition targeted grain storage areas in
the ISIL stronghold of Manbij, east of Aleppo,
killing workers and not fighters.
The observatory reported that 10 air raids
targeted various parts of the province of Idlib,
killing at least one child and six others, including
five members of the same family.
Al Jazeera cannot independently verify the
reports.
The purported civilian casualties would add to the
19 civilians that the Observatory says have
already been killed in raids against the group.
According to Al Jazeera's correspondent in Beirut,
Zeina Khodr, anti-West sentiments are increasing
as more civilians are killed.
An activist in an ISIL-held town, who asked not to
be named, told Al Jazeera: "These air strikes are
causing an economic crisis. Winter is around the
corner and people need heating oil. Most of the
oil facilities are not operational - even those
which haven't been hit because people are
scared."
On Sunday, Human Rights Watch said that it had
confirmed the deaths of at least seven civilians -
two women and five children - from apparent US
missile strikes on September 23 in the village of
Kafr Derian in Idlib province.
It based its conclusions on conversations with
three local residents.
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