syria. russia of course supporting the assad regime in that country. turkey has been supportive of the rebels, although turkey has different interests as well with some of the kurdish fighters that have been fighting the syrian regime. we did get pictures just a short time ago from cnn turk of the attack on the russian ambassador to this country right now. do we have muhammed lila? cnn's muhammed lila is on the border between turkey and syria. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, we understand the ambassador was speaking at an art gallery when a gunman or several gunmen burst in. we understand he has been shot. we don't know the latest in terms of what condition he is in. all of this is coming from reports from state media. of course, now that the russian ambassador andrey karlov has been shot, this is a major crisis. we know there have been a number of terrorist attacks in turkey. in fact, just in the last few