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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned last night of a "dangerous" fallout from spiralling violence along the Syrian-Turkish border.
"The escalation of the conflict and the impact of the crisis on Lebanon are extremely dangerous," Mr Ban said at the opening of the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg in France.
The armed uprising in Syria has increasingly sparked violence on the country's border with NATO member Turkey. Yesterday the military returned fire after a shell launched from Syria struck the border village of Akcakale. There were no casualties in that incident but last Thursday five civilians were killed in the village by shelling from Syria.
Since last Thursday the Turkish military has responded in kind whenever Syrian ordnance has breached its territory, inflaming tensions between the former allies and leading to fears of a broader conflict.
Turkey's parliament last Friday gave the government the green light to use military force against Syria if necessary.
The UN Security Council has strongly condemned cross-border attacks by Syria and called for restraint between the two neighbours, whose ties have nosedived. Ankara is supporting the rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Shelling from Syria into Lebanon and cross-border shootings, meanwhile, have become regular occurrences, while residents of Lebanon's frontier region accuse Syria's army of carrying out frequent incursions and kidnapping refugees.
The UN chief also raised concerns about arms supplies to both Mr Assad's regime and rebel forces. "I am deeply concerned by the continued flow of arms to both the Syrian government and opposition forces. I urge again those countries providing arms to stop doing so," he said.
As the UN chief spoke, the leader of Syria's main opposition group said that members of Mr Assad's ruling Baath party could play a role in Syria's political future as long as they did not take part in any killings during the uprising.
The comments by Syrian National Council leader Abdulbaset Sieda appear to be a softening of the opposition's stance that it will accept nothing less than the complete removal of the Assad regime and its inner circle.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned last night of a "dangerous" fallout from spiralling violence along the Syrian-Turkish border.
"The escalation of the conflict and the impact of the crisis on Lebanon are extremely dangerous," Mr Ban said at the opening of the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg in France.
The armed uprising in Syria has increasingly sparked violence on the country's border with NATO member Turkey. Yesterday the military returned fire after a shell launched from Syria struck the border village of Akcakale. There were no casualties in that incident but last Thursday five civilians were killed in the village by shelling from Syria.
Since last Thursday the Turkish military has responded in kind whenever Syrian ordnance has breached its territory, inflaming tensions between the former allies and leading to fears of a broader conflict.
Turkey's parliament last Friday gave the government the green light to use military force against Syria if necessary.
The UN Security Council has strongly condemned cross-border attacks by Syria and called for restraint between the two neighbours, whose ties have nosedived. Ankara is supporting the rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Shelling from Syria into Lebanon and cross-border shootings, meanwhile, have become regular occurrences, while residents of Lebanon's frontier region accuse Syria's army of carrying out frequent incursions and kidnapping refugees.
The UN chief also raised concerns about arms supplies to both Mr Assad's regime and rebel forces. "I am deeply concerned by the continued flow of arms to both the Syrian government and opposition forces. I urge again those countries providing arms to stop doing so," he said.
As the UN chief spoke, the leader of Syria's main opposition group said that members of Mr Assad's ruling Baath party could play a role in Syria's political future as long as they did not take part in any killings during the uprising.
The comments by Syrian National Council leader Abdulbaset Sieda appear to be a softening of the opposition's stance that it will accept nothing less than the complete removal of the Assad regime and its inner circle.