Turkish PM doesn't want war with Syria

October 05, 2012 01:53

Turkey doesn't want war with Syria but it's determined to protect its borders and its people, the country's prime minister declared today. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at a news conference hours after Turkey's Parliament approved a bill authorizing military operations against Syria.

Earlier, Turkey fired on targets in Syria for a second day following a Syrian shelling that killed five civilians in the Turkish border town of Akcakale. Erdogan suggested that the Syrian shelling was not accidental, saying such shells had fallen on Turkish territory on seven previous occasions since Syria's civil war began last year.

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