[h=3]By EMRE PEKER And NOUR MALAS[/h]
ReutersTurkish armoured personnel carriers take positions on the Turkish-Syrian border near the Akcakale crossing on Thursday.
ReutersMen stood outside a house Thursday that was damaged by a mortar bomb in the southern town of Akcakale.
ISTANBUL—Turkey attacked targets inside Syria for a second day Thursday and its parliament authorized the government to launch military offensives into foreign countries, further escalating cross-border tensions a day after Syrian shells took a deadly toll in a Turkish border town.
Turkey conducted nearly 12 hours of artillery attacks that lasted into early Thursday, according to residents in Akcakale, a southern Turkish border town that has become the center of tensions between Turkey and Syria. Shells from Syrian regime forces hit Akcakale on Wednesday, killing five Turkish citizens, Turkey's government says. Turkey said it mounted its own shelling in response, striking what it said was a Syrian army position several kilometers inside Syrian territory from Akcakale.
Turkey's attacks struck a Syrian military forward operating base in Tal Abyad, about 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) away from Turkey's border, killing 14 Syrian soldiers in the attack, Syrian rebel fighters said Thursday.
Turkish forces shelled targets inside Syria after Syrian mortar rounds killed five people in a Turkish border town. Joe Parkinson and Charles Levinson report on the News Hub. (Photo: AP)
ReutersMen stood outside a house Thursday that was damaged by a mortar bomb in the southern town of Akcakale.
ISTANBUL—Turkey attacked targets inside Syria for a second day Thursday and its parliament authorized the government to launch military offensives into foreign countries, further escalating cross-border tensions a day after Syrian shells took a deadly toll in a Turkish border town.
Turkey conducted nearly 12 hours of artillery attacks that lasted into early Thursday, according to residents in Akcakale, a southern Turkish border town that has become the center of tensions between Turkey and Syria. Shells from Syrian regime forces hit Akcakale on Wednesday, killing five Turkish citizens, Turkey's government says. Turkey said it mounted its own shelling in response, striking what it said was a Syrian army position several kilometers inside Syrian territory from Akcakale.
Turkey's attacks struck a Syrian military forward operating base in Tal Abyad, about 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) away from Turkey's border, killing 14 Syrian soldiers in the attack, Syrian rebel fighters said Thursday.
Turkish forces shelled targets inside Syria after Syrian mortar rounds killed five people in a Turkish border town. Joe Parkinson and Charles Levinson report on the News Hub. (Photo: AP)