Turkey builds wall on Syrian border

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Turkey has completed construction of a 828-kilometer wall on the Syrian border, the Turkish media reported Dec. 18.

Construction of the wall began in 2015.

The height of the wall built on the Syrian border reaches three meters, and two meters in width.

The total length of the Turkish-Syrian border is 911 kilometers.

The decision to build the wall was made as part of the work to step up the fight against terrorism, as the members of terrorist organizations from Syria regularly try to enter Turkey.

Syria has been suffering from an armed conflict since March 2011, which, according to the UN, has so far claimed more than 500,000 lives.

Militants from various armed groups are confronting the Syrian government troops. The "Islamic State" (IS), the YPG (Kurdish People's Protection Units) and the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) are the most active terrorist groups in Syria.

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