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Turkey cannot secure Syrian border alone

Turkish officials say Turkey is doing its best to prevent crossings into and out of Syria by Islamic militants, blaming European countries for not furnishing useful intelligence.
A Turkish police officer checks identification cards of Syrian men after they crossed from Syria to Turkey at the Akcakale border gate, southern Sanliurfa province, October 4, 2012. Turkish artillery hit targets near Syria's Tel Abyad border town for a second day on Thursday, killing several Syrian soldiers according to activists and security sources, after a mortar bomb fired from the area killed five Turkish civilians. Turkey's government said "aggressive action" against its territory by Syria's military
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Hayat Boumeddiene, the female terror suspect sought by the French police, was found to have entered Turkey shortly before the Paris attacks and traveled from there to Syria, raising questions about whether Ankara is doing enough to fight groups like the Islamic State (IS).

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and government officials remain highly defensive on this topic, saying Turkey is doing more than its share, given the odds it faces. They blame Western countries in turn for not cooperating sufficiently by providing timely intelligence that could prevent such attacks.

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