Rocket shelling near Syria's border hit the agricultural area in southeastern Turkey on Monday, private Dogan news agency reported, saying that no casualties have been reported so far.

The rocket shelling flew into Turkey and hit the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises in Ceylanpinar town of Sanliurfa province, according to the report.

Turkey and Syria have been exchanging fire sporadically on the border for many days since a mortar shell from the Syrian side fell on Oct. 3 in the Turkish border town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province and killed five Turks.

Ankara has been complaining about the spillover of Syrian artillery and gunfire into its territory, and expressed last month that it would take action if mortar strikes were repeated from Syria.

Turkey, once an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but now a leading voice urging his ouster, shelters over 120,000 Syrian refugees and has reportedly provided Syrian rebel army leaders with sanctuary. Endi

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