NATO backs Turkey in standoff with Syria
By SLOBODAN LEKIC and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press
Created: 10/09/2012 02:07:58 AM PDT
BRUSSELS—NATO is ready to defend Turkey, the alliance's top official said Tuesday, in a direct warning to Syria after a week of cross-border artillery and mortar exchanges dramatically escalated tensions between the two countries.
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