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State Ministry for Environmental Affairs denounces terrorists' infringements upon forests
DAMASCUS– The State Ministry for Environmental Affairs denounced the infringements carried out by armed terrorist groups and those who support them upon forests in Syria, primarily in the northern and northwestern areas on the borders with Turkey.
In a statement, the State Ministry said terrorists have been using Syrian forests in the aforementioned border areas as a convenient hiding place and starting fires in them to facilitate and cover their entry from Turkey to Syria, noting that these infringements are taking place because of the logistic support and weapons supplied to terrorists by Turkey and its providing them with a temporary haven and allowing them to use Turkey's forests to pass into Syria.
The statement noted that the Turkish sides' readiness to douse the forest fires started by terrorists indicates prior knowledge of where and when they will occur.
Tuesday 19-06-2012
