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Turkey FM Issues ‘Final Words’ Calling on Syria to Halt Violent Crackdowns

08/15/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

This is the final time Turkey tells Syria to behave.  The final time, of course, until they tell them again next week …

By Zvi Bar’el – “Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday that military operations against civilians must end immediately and unconditionally, warning him that these were Ankara’s ‘final words’.

‘This is our final word to the Syrian authorities, our first expectation is that these operations stop immediately and unconditionally,’ Davutoglu told a news conference.

‘If these operations do not stop there will be nothing left to say about the steps that would be taken,’ he said, without elaborating.

Turkish leaders, who had backed Assad in the past, have repeatedly urged him to end violence and make reforms after street protests against his 11 years in power erupted five months ago.” Read more.


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