Turkish PM aide says no intention to declare war on Syria

Turkish PM aide says no intention to declare war on Syria

PanARMENIAN.Net - An aide to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey has no intention of declaring war on Syria.

According to The Associated Press, the aide said Thursday, Oct 4 that Turkey's shelling of Syria following a mortar attack that killed five civilians in Turkey and the proposed bill to authorize military actions against its neighbor should be seen as a "warning to Syria."

Turkey's parliament on Thursday is debating a bill to authorize the military to launch cross border operations in Syria, while Turkey resumed artillery shelling of Syrian targets near the border.

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