Turkey to close border gates with Syria

Turkey to close border gates with Syria
July 25, 2012 - 10:10 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's border gates with Syria are to be closed on Wednesday, July 25,Turkish Customs and Trade Minister Hayati Yazici was reported as saying by broadcaster NTV.

The move comes after Syrian rebels seized control of several border gates along the frontier with Turkey in their 16-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

The decision to close the gates could not immediately be confirmed, Reuters reported.

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