Syrians cross Turkey over border-line-river

ISTANBUL

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Scores of Syrian civilians from Azmarin and surrounding villages are entering Turkey over the Orontes, the river marking the border with Syria, to acquire basic supplies and escape from the violence continuing in the country.

Footage showed Syrians, mostly women and children, trying to cross the river by swimming or by boat as Turkish locals helped them.

Meanwhile, 28 Syrians who were wounded when a mortar shell hit Idlib, were taken to Turkish hospitals in the southern province of Hatay.

Turkey is officially housing around 99,000 Syrian refugees, although some unofficial sources say the country is now home to 130,000.