October 7, 2012

Turkey Gets Tough on Syria

Amanda Paul, Today's Zaman

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The U.S. issued a strong statement condemning Syria, but as yet neither Washington nor other international actors have actually given any idea of what can be done if there is a further deterioration of the situation. Therefore I guess there is a good chance that Turkey would be left to handle the situation by itself.

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