Turkey's buffer zone along Syrian border Smoke rises from Damascus after two explosions hit security complexes in the Syrian capital Damascus on March 17, 2012. Syrian health ministry officials said that at least 27 people were killed and 97 injured in the twin explosions that hit the Syrian capital Damascus. One explosion occurred near the Syrian Air Force intelligence headquarters, Syrian television said. UNITED NATIONS, March 19 (UPI) -- The Syrian government has reacted angrily to the news that Turkey intends to create a buffer zone along its border with Syria. Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari lashed out at the concept during an interview with the Arabic-language version of the Russia Today television channel, Interfaks-Agentstvo Voennykh Novostei reported. "There will be no such zone," Jaafari said. We dismiss any such idea in principle, as do many other countries. People know what a buffer zone means. It is a maneuver to bypass the provisions about a country's sovereignty, bypass the United Nations Charter. The ambassador said Syria doesn't need a "buffer zone" along any of its borders. What Syria needs is to stop militants from the (Persian) Gulf states and other countries. Incitements and the frantic search for a pretext Kofi Annan's mission to fail must be stopped," he said. Thousands of people have been killed in an uprising against the Syrian government, which blames the violence on terrorists.