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A lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) said the southeastern Kilis province had turned into a "war zone" and that nobody had "life safety," after a party delegation paid a visit to the border town and prepared a report on its security situation in the face of recent rocket attacks from Syrian territories.

The chief of general staff of the Turkish Armed Forces and the country's National Intelligence Agency (M?T) head carried out inspections on April 13 in the southern province of Kilis, which had been struck by rocket fire from Syria for three consecutive days, as Turkey's defense minister, who also visited the city near the Syrian border, said 362 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) mili

Turkish Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and National Intelligence Agency (M?T) head Hakan Fidan arrived in the southern province of Kilis on April 13, after consecutive rocket firings in the province over the past three days.

Outraged locals in the southern province of Kilis, on the border with Syria, have rallied in front of the Governor's Office to demand greater security measures, as the conflict in Syria continues to have spillover effects. 

Locals in the southern province of Kilis, on the border with Syria, have rallied in front of the Governor's Office to demand greater security measures, as the conflict in Syria continues to have spillover effects. 

Eight people were wounded on April 12 when two rocket projectiles fired from Syria landed in the southern province of Kilis, marking the second such incident in less than a day.

A rocket fired from Syria on Jan. 23 slammed into the town of Kilis on the Turkish side of the border, wounding two people, reports said, quoting the local governorate.

The rocket hit a street causing an explosion that damaged nearby buildings and wounded an 18-year-old youth and a 14-year-old Syrian refugee girl, the semi-official Anadolu Agency said.