Tension Rises at Turkey-Syria Border
Damascus Blocks Access and Accuses Neighbor of Plotting Invasion, Forcing Ankara to Reroute Trade
BY MARC CHAMPION
TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER—Turkey said it would start bypassing Syria to ship goods to the Middle East via Iraq and the Mediterranean Sea, in response to a Syrian blockade that has left hundreds of Turkish vehicles stranded at the border.
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