Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Saturday that it had documented several cases of Turkish border guards shooting at Syrian refugees trying to cross into Turkey from May to December last year. The report said Turkish guards also shot at refugees while they were still in Syria, killing 10 people, including a child. Turkey’s presidential spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said later on Saturday that the allegations will be investigated, adding it was “unlikely” Turkish soldiers would shoot at people and pointed to Turkey’s open-door policy. Deadliest day in AfrinMeanwhile, at least seven Turkish soldiers were killed near Afrin in the deadliest day since Ankara’s operation started in the Syrian Kurdish enclave. The army statement said the Syrian Kurdish militia and the IS group carried out the attack.

Source: Egypt Independent February 04, 2018 09:11 UTC