Tuesday, March 29, 2011

TURKEY-SYRIA: Why Erdogan Can't Let Assad Down - IPS ipsnews.net

"Why Erdogan Can't Let Assad Down
Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas

ANKARA, Mar 29 , 2011 (IPS) - A new week, a new campaign for Ankara's diplomacy. After a victorious arm-twisting on Saturday with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to divert the leadership of the aerial war against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi from France to NATO, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned his attention to trouble closer to home, Syria."

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