These confrontations have added to soaring tensions between Turkey and Russia, which support opposing sides of the Syrian civil war. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, speaking from military headquarters near the Syrian border, said Turkey aimed to confront Syrian government forces rather than Russian troops. Turkey already hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees. Greece has shut its border, and there were a few dozen arrests of people who managed to cross through the border, Greek authorities have said. Twenty-year-old Afghan Ayamuddin Azimi made it to the Greek border village of Nea Vyssa along with a compatriot.

Source: Fox News March 01, 2020 13:07 UTC