Two Turkish nationals and two Syrians were injured in a refugee camp in Kilis province when Syrian forces fired across the border during clashes with opposition fighters, who reportedly had attempted to seize control of the border gate and then fled to Turkey earlier this month. Erdoğan known as the incident a border violation and mentioned Turkey would pursue measures under international law in response, raising prospects of military retaliation.
On Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in the course of a NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels that Turkey has not yet asked for NATO aid in regards to the border incident.
Earlier, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned “NATO has responsibilities to protect the Turkish border according to Article 5,” referring to the border incident.
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