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Thursday, February 09, 2012

Syria risks civil war, sanctions pointless:Turkey | Reuters

Syria risks civil war, sanctions pointless:Turkey

By Justyna Pawlak and Sebastian Moffett

BRUSSELS | Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:52am EST

(Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad still has support from Syria's middle class and the opposition is fragmented, raising the risk of a slide into full-scale civil war that inflames the region, Turkey's ambassador to the European Union has warned.

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