http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-11/syrian-assaults-push-villagers-across-flaming-fields-to-turkey.htmlSyrians fleeing President Bashar Al- Assad’s assault against northern towns resisting his rule tell stories of troops setting fields aflame and opening random fire, the chief of a Turkish village hosting refugees said.
Assad’s violence against his own people is straining the relationship with one of his closest allies, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is bracing his country for a flood of Syrian refugees.
Erdogan promised yesterday to approach Syria “very differently” after Turkish elections on Sunday, as thousands abandon their homes to seek safety in makeshift camps across the Turkish border. Attacks on protesters have escalated since the U.S. and European Union placed sanctions on senior officials in Assad’s regime last month.
From the Turkish border town of Guvveci last night, at least 15 vehicles could be seen lining up on the Syrian side to move another 1,000 Syrians across the border, village chief Cemil Utanc said. The number living in Turkish refugee camps is almost 4,000, Turkish state media says.
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