ALJAZEERA: Turkey’s parliament has authorised cross-border military action against Syria, if deemed necessary by the government…
The vote came as Turkey resumed shelling Syrian government military positions on Thursday morning in retaliation for a mortar attack which landed over its border in southeastern Turkey killing five of its citizens – a woman and four children from the same family.
“The Syrian side has admitted what it did and apologised,” [Besir Atalay, Turkey’s deputy prime minister] said… (more)