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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Turkish government seeks renewed mandate to send troops to Syria | Reuters

Turkish government seeks renewed mandate to send troops to Syria

By Jonathon Burch

ANKARA | Wed Oct 2, 2013 11:53am EDT

(Reuters) - The Turkish parliament is likely to extend by a year a mandate authorizing the sending of troops into Syria if needed after the government said the possible use of chemical weapons by President Bashar al-Assad posed a threat to Turkey.

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