Turkey weighs military action in Syria
Published: Nov. 18, 2011 at 3:00 AM
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) greets the crowd during his visit to Raqqa city in Eastern Syria, November 6, 2011, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency. Syria freed more than 1,000 prisoners in an apparent last-ditch bid to placate Arab leaders as Turkey and the United Nations warned President Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his own people. UPI
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Syria's opposition urged Turkey to intervene militarily to protect civilians from regime security forces as Russia said the fighting was now a "true civil war."
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