Turkish border units are on the alert over Kurd-Arab conflict

Kurds claim that 50-70 people were killed in clashes between Arabs and Kurds after a soccer match.

After the clashes that started on Friday in, Turkey put her border units on alert.

Although the Syrian authorities sent additional units to the 400-thousand-population town, clashes did not cease.

Two people were killed and 20 wounded in another clash that erupted between Kurds and Arabs in Hesice, which is at a 30-km distance to Kamisli.

The people of Turkey’s Nusaybin city, which neighbor Syria, are worried of the conflict. Businessmen who had crossed to the Syria side are trapped there.

The demands of Kurds in Syria for minority rights, found repercussions. The New York Times daily reported that during their demonstrations, Kurds in Syria carried placards which read “We can die for Bush!