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12May13
Syria denies involvement in Turkish border town blasts
Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi denied on Sunday Turkey's accusations that Damascus was behind the deadly explosions in a Turkish boarder town a day ago.
During a symposium held at al-Assad Library in Damascus, al- Zoubi said "Syria didn't and will never carry out such acts because our values don't allow us to do so."
Saturday's car bombings in the town of Reyhanli near the Turkish-Syrian border have killed at least 45 people and injured over 100.
Al-Zoubi said "this act is terrorist and is condemned in all ethical, legitimate and humanitarian criteria."
He furthermore accused the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of having "direct responsibility" for what had happened in both Syria and Turkey.
On Saturday, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay reportedly said that the investigation into the bombings was about to complete, and some information showed that "Syrian regime's intelligence agency, al-Mukhabarat, is behind the blasts."
The Syrian minister also pointed out that Erdogan made the accusations ahead of his meeting with the U.S. President Barack Obama, charging that Erdogan had wanted to foil the Russian-U.S. efforts to solve the Syrian crisis peacefully.
He said Erdogan should step down as a "murderer," adding "He should not build his glories on the blood of the Syrians and the Turks."
"The Turkish government had turned the border areas into centers for international terrorism, as it was still facilitating the arrival of arms and explosives, improvised explosive devices, cars, money and murderers to Syria," he said.
[Source: Xinhua, Damascus, 12May13]
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