Land Mines at Syrian Border

Refugees who have fled from Syria’s ongoing bloody crackdown said that the government has lined the Turkish border with land mines—and Turkish authorities are now backing them up. More than 17,000 Syrians are living in Turkish refugee camps, with hundreds of new arrivals coming every day—and Turkish officials say that at least 10 land-mine victims have been treated at their hospitals in recent weeks. Meanwhile, the Syrian crisis took top priority at the Arab League summit in Baghdad, with leaders urging Damascus to act on the United Nations–sponsored peace plan “immediately and completely.”