Turkey to open its border to Syrian refugees ‘if necessary’:

Turkey is ready “if necessary” to let in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees trapped on its border after fleeing a regime assault, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

 

Thousands of Syrians, mostly women and children, have fled toward the Turkish border since Friday from the northern Syrian city of Aleppo to escape a major regime offensive backed by Russian air strikes.

 

“The regime has now blocked a part of Aleppo… Turkey is under threat,” Erdogan told reporters on his plane returning from Senegal on Saturday.

 

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