150,000 Syrians and Turks to cross border this feast

A Turkish newspaper expected on Thursday that about 150,000 Turks and Syrians would go across the border between the two countries during the Moslems holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

Al-Zaman, daily said that all feast felicitations would be across the border points including the old crossing point between Orfa governorate in Turkey and Raqqa in Syria.

The paper quoted Mardin governor as saying that about 5,000 Turks would head to Syria in the second and third days of the holiday to felicitate their relatives.

Syrians and Turks started since early today to come to border crossing points between the two countries to congratulate their relatives on the other side of the border.