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October 5, 2012

Syria Becoming U.S.-Turkey Wedge Issue

Soner Cagaptay, Washington Post

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The close relationship that President Obama has built with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has provided the United States with a key Muslim ally in the Middle East. Washington and Ankara have worked closely to stabilize Iraq. Yet a storm awaits them in Syria.

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TAGGED: Barack Obama, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, United States, Syria

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