Friday, August 19, 2011

Turkey calls for change in Syria, but not Assad's resignation - The National

Turkey calls for change in Syria, but not Assad's resignation

Thomas Seibert
Aug 19, 2011

ISTANBUL // Turkey's political and military leadership yesterday called for "democratic change" in Syria, one day after Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, issued his strongest criticism yet of the Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad by comparing him to the Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi.

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