Unrest closes Turkey-Syria bus routes

Speaking to the Anatolia news agency on Monday, officials from Turkish bus companies who operate routes between the Turkish border province of Hatay and the Syrian cities of Damascus and Aleppo said that the routes will be closed due to a lack of security on Syrian roads.

In November, a bus carrying Turkish pilgrims came under attack in Syria as it returned from the hajj. The attack left two injured and earned harsh words from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.