525 Syrians, including many army officers, who defected from the Syrian army, defected and fled to Turkey on Monday Today`s Zaman reported
Hundreds of Syrians, fleeing a one and half year violence in their country, crossed into Turkey from Kuşaklı, Kavalcık and Bükülmez border villages in Hatay's Reyhanlı district.
The Syrians include one general, four colonels, one lt. colonel, there majors, six captains, one lieutenant and many soldiers with their families.
The soldiers and their families were taken to Hatay's Apaydın camp while the rest of the group, composed of mostly women and children, were taken to refugee camps in Şanlıurfa and İslahiye.