Turkey strikes back Syria

A new mortar shell believed to have been fired from the Raqqa city of Syria on Sunday struck the Turkish territory near a Turkish Grain Board (TMO) grain elevator, just meters away from the Syrian border, causing no death or injury. As a result, Turkish artillery was fired at Syria for a fifth day in a row yesterday. Mayor of the south-eastern town of Akcakale, Abdulhakim Ayhan said that artillery shells were fired in Tel Abyad since morning on Sunday and that one of the shells landed in the buffer zone between Turkey and Syria. "Thank God, there was no loss of lives on Sunday. Turkish troops retaliated against Syria by firing several artillery shells on to Syria," Ayhan added.