Turkey has shut down its Oncupinar border gate because of an al Qaeda affiliated group fought units of the Free Syrian Army in Azaz (Syria) near the Turkish border. All humanitarian assistance that has been going through that gate has now ended. Turkey will not be allowing anyone through the gate even though they have been accepting refugees from Syria. The fighting in Azaz has stopped and mediation efforts are under way. Violence has spilled over the border before and they would prefer it not to happen again. Fifty two people were killed when a double car bomb blew through the Turkish border town of Reyhanli on May 11.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/19/us-syria-crisis-turkey-idUSBRE98I0C120130919
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