There is a long story pertaining to that border between Syria and Turkey according to some sources.
http://theweek.com/article/index/216744/is-syria-provoking-war-with-turkey
The link above leads to the blog that poses this question.
Further reading? See NYR of Books Will Syria Revolt disrupt Turkish lands
Don't forget the history of disputed land here: "There are of course many reasons for Turkish qualms about the refugee situation," says Hugh Eakin in The New York Review of Books. For one thing, it pretty much spells the end of Turkey's recent attempts to improve ties with Assad. More importantly, the Turkish area in question used to belong to Syria, and still appears as part of the country in Syrian maps. Syria's support for separatist Kurds in the region pushed the countries "to the brink of war" in the 1990s. It's easy to imagine that we may be on the brink again.
http://theweek.com/article/index/216744/is-syria-provoking-war-with-turkey
The link above leads to the blog that poses this question.
Further reading? See NYR of Books Will Syria Revolt disrupt Turkish lands