Turkey shells Syria,PM says dont want war

Earlier Thursday,Turkey fired on targets in Syria for a second day following a Syrian shelling that killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.

Erdogan suggested the Syrian shelling was not accidental,saying such shells had fallen on Turkish territory on seven previous occasions since the civil war began there.

We want peace and security and nothing else. We could never want to start a war, Erdogan said. Turkey is a country which is capable of protecting its people and borders. No one should attempt to test our determination on the issue.

He was speaking at a joint news conference with visiting Iranian Vice-President Reza Rahimiin in the city of Akcakale.