Thursday, May 05, 2011

Turkey’s Middle East drive falters in ‘Arab Spring’ - Arab News

"Turkey’s Middle East drive falters in ‘Arab Spring’

By DAVID ROSENBERG | THE MEDIA LINE

Published: May 5, 2011 22:56 Updated: May 5, 2011 22:56

Regional turmoil threatens allies, creates new rivals for Ankara

ANKARA: The rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, signed their long-awaited national unity agreement on Wednesday. But instead of the ceremony taking place in Istanbul, as Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu may have hoped, it happened in Cairo."

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