"Turkey's friendship with Syria nears breaking point
By Simon Cameron-Moore
ISTANBUL | Mon Aug 8, 2011 11:31am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkey's friendship with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stood near breaking point as Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu prepared to visit Damascus on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to persuade Assad to stop his security forces attacking civilians."
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