Turkey said yesterday it might set up a border "buffer zone" to protect growing numbers of Syrian refugees fleeing a violent uprising against President Bashar al Assad.
With the bloody revolt entering its second year, Government forces battled protesters in at least three suburbs of the capital Damascus, opposition activists said. They also reported flare-ups in other towns and cities.
The United Nations-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan briefed the UN Security Council later in the day on his efforts to end the violence, but there was no sign of a breakthrough.
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