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Syria crisis: Erdogan Bey steps up Turkey pressure on Assad
[BBC] Turkey has stepped up its pressure on neighbouring Syria over the crackdown on protests by the Damascus...The City of Jasminis the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... government. Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the future could not be built on "the blood of the oppressed", and condemned attacks on Turkish missions in Syria. Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... Turkey's energy minister announced that joint oil exploration projects with Syria had been halted.  Damascus is also facing increasing pressure from the Arab League...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... , which has suspended its membership. On Monday, King Abdullah of Jordan became the first Arab leader to openly urge Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... to stand down. Posted by: Fred 2011-11-16 |
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