• Turkish tanks fire from their army position near the Oncupinar crossing gate close to the town of Kilis, south central Turkey, toward the Syria border, on Feb. 17. Alarmed by the advances of Syrian Kurdish forces in Aleppo province near the border, Ankara has in recent days bombed their positions, defying international calls for a halt to the strikes. | AFP-JIJI
    Turkish tanks fire from their army position near the Oncupinar crossing gate close to the town of Kilis, south central Turkey, toward the Syria border, on Feb. 17. Alarmed by the advances of Syrian Kurdish forces in Aleppo province near the border, Ankara has in recent days bombed their positions, defying international calls for a halt to the strikes. | AFP-JIJI

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ANKARA – U.N. second in command Jan Eliasson said on Monday he was discussing with Turkish officials whether they can open the border to the thousands fleeing fighting in Aleppo in case the violence reaches where they are huddled on the Syrian side.

Close to 100,000 people are locked out of Turkey near the Oncupinar border crossing after they fled escalating airstrikes and a Syrian government assault on Aleppo, with humanitarian aid from Turkish relief agencies provided inside Syria.

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