Newspaper: Turkish Air Force bombed Syrian border territories

Azerbaijan, Baku, October 28/Trend, R.Hafizoglu/ Turkish Air Force bombed the Syrian border territories in response to rocket attacks of Turkish border areas, Turkish newspaper Sabah reported today referring to the military sources. According to the newspaper, five F16 fighters were involved in the operations. It was earlier reported that school classes were stopped due to intensive military operations in Turkey's border areas with Syria. As a result of military operations in Turkish regions bordering Syria, a Turkish citizen was killed today. During the conflict in Syria, which began in March 2011, over 115, 000 people were killed and over 4.2 million have become refugees in Syrian territory as well as two million have fled to neighbouring countries. The main burden of receiving refugees lay on Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. The total population of Syria before the conflict amounted to 20 million. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az