Turkey and Syria open fire again

on 08/10/2012 16:07:09

Turkish troops have returned fire after cross-border shelling from Syria for the sixth day in a row.

A Syrian shell landed on Turkish territory in the border province of Hatay, prompting immediate retaliatory strikes.

Earlier the state-run Turkish Anadolu agency said the shell landed on a cotton field near the town of Altinozu. People were working on the field, but no one was injured.

Turkey and Syria have been firing artillery and mortars across their volatile border since Wednesday af