June 9, 2011 6:32 PM

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1,050 Syrians leave violence-shadowed northern Syrian town to Turkey

Reports say a total of 1,050 Syrians have left the violence-shadowed northern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour to neighboring Turkey in the past 24 hours. The semi-official Anatolia news agency on Thursday said the people took shelter in south Turkey's border province of Hatay and the number of refugees in the tent city set up by the Turkish Red Crescent in Yayladagi town of Hatay reached 1,577. The agency said the refugees were receiving medical checks as well as distribution of food, blankets and clothes from the Red Crescent. It said another tent city will be set up for more refugee inflow. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yestefday said that Turkey will not close its doors to Syrians fleeing from unrest in their country. He urged Damascus to change its attitude towards civilians and take its attitude to a more tolerant level. Syria has been in unrest for more than two months after the anti-government demonstrations started in the southern province of Daraa. The protests have spread to several other Syrian cities, leading to deaths of both protesters and policemen.

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