December 2011 Syrian–Turkish border clash

Unsuccessful attempt by armed men to infiltrate into Syria from Turkey

2011-2012 Syrian-Turkish border clashes

Part of Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011–March 2012)

Date	December 5–12, 2011
Location	Syrian-Turkish border
Result	SAR victory, all infiltrators repelled

Belligerents

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Armed Forces

Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army

Strength

Border patrols units

35 first attempt
15 second attempt^{[citation needed ]}

Casualties and losses

None

3 killed
several wounded
1 arrested

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The December 2011 Syrian-Turkey border clash was an ineffective incursion from Turkey by armed men into Syria.

During the night of 5 December, about 35 armed fighters attempted an ineffective incursion from Turkey of Syria and were engaged immediately by the Syrian border forces who wounded several the fighters and were able to repel them into Turkey.^[1]

Once they were back on Turkish soil, the Turkish army picked them up in trucks and took care of the injured fighters.^[2]

A further attempt happened, as during the night of 12 December, 15 infiltrators tried again to cross the borders. They were unsuccessful and two of them were killed by Syrian border patrols.^{[citation needed ]}

Because of this, the pro-government Syrian news agency, SANA, stated that the Free Syrian Army staged a retaliation attack and shot and killed a senior officer, Brigadier General Ghanem Ibrahim al-Hassan.^[3]

On 1 February, Syrian authorities announced that they prevented another infiltration attempt from Turkey, in the Idlib Province. One infiltrator was killed and another arrested while the others fled.^[4] On 10 March a new group ineffectively infiltrated Syria with several infiltrators killed or arrested by the army.^[5]

References

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^ Emre Peker (December 6, 2011). "Syria Repels Armed Group Seeking Entry From Turkey". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^ Associated, The (2011年12月06日). "Syria claims to repel infiltration attempt by 'terrorists' from Turkey - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 2012年07月26日.
^ "Violence in Syrian border province leaves 28 dead". Ynetnews. Ynetnews.com. 1995年06月20日. Retrieved 2012年07月31日.
^ Syrian Arab News Agency: SANA, Damascus Syria - syria news (2012年02月01日). "Syrian Arab news agency - SANA - Syria : Syria news ::". Sana.sy. Archived from the original on 2012年02月23日. Retrieved 2012年07月31日.
^ Syrian Arab News Agency: SANA, Damascus Syria - syria news (2012年03月10日). "Syrian Arab news agency - SANA - Syria : Syria news ::". Sana.sy. Archived from the original on 2012年03月12日. Retrieved 2012年07月31日.