Turkey steps up pressure on Syria
ANALYSIS |
ISTANBUL — Turkey is harshening its stance against its former ally Syria, laying the ground for Syrian dissidents including army defectors and readying to announce new measures against Damascus.
“We cannot remain a mere bystander” to the developments unfolding in Syria, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Berlin during an official visit on Wednesday
“We believe it is necessary to implement certain sanctions” against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, whose crackdown on protests has claimed more than 3,000 lives since mid-March, according to the United Nations.
Erdogan however did not elaborate on what kind of sanctions he was mulling against his former “friend” Bashar..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111107com3.html
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iran naman at syria. itong turkey na ito kasama sa tumira sa libya
"“Turkey is not in favor of sanctions in principle. That might be because it fears the Europeans might invite Turkey to join the Western world on Iranian sanctions, which are opposed by Ankara,” Istanbul-based analyst Sinan Ulgen said."
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