WASHINGTON
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State Victoria Nuland has condemned the Akcakale incident in which at least five people were killed and nine others wounded by Syrian artillery shells that landed in the south-eastern town Akcakale at the Turkish-Syrian border.
"We are offering our true-hearted condolences to those families and we strongly condemned the incident that is frankly a breach of Turkish sovereignty" Nuland told the reporters during her daily press meeting.
Clinton expresses her sadness over Akcakale incident
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has also expressed her sadness over the Akcakale incident in which at least five people were killed and nine others wounded by Syrian artillery shells that landed in the south-eastern town Akcakale at the Turkish-Syrian border.
"We have been feeling anger from the fires behind the borders by Syrian regime. We feel deeply sad over the lose of the families. We are working together with Turkish friends," Hillary Clinton said at a joint press conference after holding a meeting with Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov.
Clinton also said that she was going to hold a phone conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu soon.
Clinton said that Syrian regime made people suffer in the country to save their seats.
Pentagon also condemned Akcakale incident
Moreover, The Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon), George Little said they were saddened over the loss of lives in Turkey's Akcakale town due to Syrian artillery shells that landed in the town and that they closely followed the situation in the region.
"This incident shows the unethical acts of the Syrian regime and is an other example of why the Syrian administration must leave power," Little stressed.
On Article 5 of NATO, Little underlined that all questions regarding that article must be directed to NATO itself.
