Friday, May 24, 2013

Turkey builds wall at Syria border crossing after bombs - chicagotribune.com

Turkey builds wall at Syria border crossing after bombs

11:09 a.m. CDT, May 24, 2013

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is constructing 2.5-km-long (1.5 mile) twin walls at a border crossing with Syria to increase security at the frontier following three deadly bombings this year.

The concrete walls will be built on either side of the road leading from the Turkish side of the crossing at Cilvegozu to the Syrian border gate and will be topped with barbed wire, the Turkish Customs Ministry said in a statement.

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