Syrian children act like photographers shooting their pictures at a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Yayladagi in Hatay province. -Reuters Photo

NICOSIA: Four civilians were shot dead by Syrian security forces on Saturday, two in Kassir near the central city of Homs and two in Kiswah south of the capital Damascus, a human rights activist said.

The shootings came as Syrian tanks entered a village on the border with Turkey, where workers are scrambling to erect a huge tent city anticipating a new exodus of refugees from the anti-regime crackdown.

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