UN scrambles to defuse tensions between Turkey, Syria
UN Scrambles to Defuse Tensions Between Tu… JPost - Middle East
Sec.-Gen. Ban Ki-moon “alarmed by escalating tensions” as Turkey authorizes military operations in Syria in response to shelling that killed five civilians; Russia proposes diluted UN text on Syria attack. PHOTO: KI PRICE / REUTERS
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was “alarmed by escalating tensions” between Syria and Turkey and warned that the risk of the 18-month-long Syrian conflict embroiling the entire region was growing, his spokesman said on Thursday.
“The Secretary-General is alarmed by escalating tensions along the Syrian-Turkish border,” Ban’s spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters. “As the situation inside Syria deteriorates yet further … the risks of regional conflict and the threat to international peace and security are also increasing.”