Syria: UN head condemns border violence with Turkey

(Vatican Radio) The U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned of "extremely dangerous" fallout from the escalating border conflict between Turkey and Syria. The fire between Turkey and Syria shows no sign of letting up and is causing jitters in the international community. Turkey struck Syrian positions for the sixth straight day - after a shell landed in a Turkish border area in southern Hatay province. Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Monday that "worst-case scenarios" were taking place in Syria and urged the international community to act. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the escalation of hostilities along the Turkish Syrian border and the impact of the crisis on Lebanon had shaken stability in the region. "Militarization only aggravates the situation and puts the Syrian people into more misery. I am calling on all concerned to abandon the use of violence and move towards a political solution," he said. "That is the only way out of this crisis. Syria shows how the current transitions that have inspired so much hope and change have also brought uncertainty and fear. I remain convinced that we must seek a political solution to this conflict in Syria." The Secretary-General said the Syrian crisis is a regional calamity with global ramifications and called for an end to the supply of arms to government and opposition. Listen to this report from Regional correspondent Nathan Morley: