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Turkey Closes Border Gate Over Intensified Fighting in Northern Syria

© AFP 2023 / BULENT KILICA Syrian woman and a child walks back towards the Syrian crossing, on February 8, 2016 at Turkish Oncupinar border gate near Kilis, southern-central Turkey
A Syrian woman and a child walks back towards the Syrian crossing, on February 8, 2016 at Turkish Oncupinar border gate near Kilis, southern-central Turkey - Sputnik International
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The Turkish authorities closed on Monday the Oncupinar border gate because of the intensified fighting between two groups in the bordering Syrian area.

A Turkish army position is seen near the Oncupinar crossing gate close to the town of Kilis, south central Turkey, close to the Syria border, on February 16, 2016 - Sputnik International
Turkey Moving Armored Vehicles to Kilis on Syrian Border
ANKARA (Sputnik) – Both clashing groups – the Levant Front al-Shamiyah group and the Sultan Murad group – are part of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), according to the Dogan news agency.

Fighting between the groups over Syria's al-Selam border gate, which faces the Oncupinar border crossing, erupted earlier in the day.

Kilis Governor Ismail Catakli said that humanitarian and commercial crossings had been temporarily suspended at the Oncupinar gate and authorities had taken additional security measures at the border line.

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