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A road sign shows the direction to the Armenian Christian town of Kasab in Syria's Latakia region on the Mediterranean coast, March 31, 2014, in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA. Three mortar rounds landed on Turkish soil, fired during fighting between the Islamist rebels in Syria and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for control of the Armenian Christian village of Kasab, Turkey's Dogan News Agency said. Islamist insurgents launched an offensive about ten days ago i

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A road sign shows the direction to the Armenian Christian town of Kasab in Syria's Latakia region on the Mediterranean coast, March 31, 2014, in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA. Three mortar rounds landed on Turkish soil, fired during fighting between the Islamist rebels in Syria and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for control of the Armenian Christian village of Kasab, Turkey's Dogan News Agency said. Islamist insurgents launched an offensive about ten days ago i

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