Syria's information minister has rejected Turkey's allegations that his country was behind two car bombs that killed 43 people in Turkey and wounded dozens more.
Information minister Omran al-Zoubi told a news conference that "no-one has the right to make false accusations."
He added that "this is not the behaviour of the Syrian government".
Mr al-Zoubi's comments were the first official Syrian response since Saturday's bombings in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, near Syria.
Turkey's interior minister said authorities have detained nine people in connection with the car bomb attacks.
Muammer Guler claims the attacks were carried out by a group linked to Syria's intelligence service, but did not name the group.
Mr Guler said authorities had so far identified 35 people who died in the attack, with three of them being Syrians.
