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Sunday, February 24, 2013

MORE TOUGH RHETORIC, BUT WILL THEY ACT? Lebanon and Turkey slam Syria violence, Erdogan vowing not to remain ‘silent’

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman before a meeting to discuss the case of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped in Syria, in Ankara on July 17, 2012. (AFP)
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman before a meeting to discuss the case of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped in Syria, in Ankara on July 17, 2012. (AFP)

By Al Arabiya
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday vowed his country will not remain silent over Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's “crimes”.

“Every day a large number of innocent children and women fall dead in Syria,” Erdogan, a key backer of Syria's opposition, said in a speech in the United Arab Emirates.

“We will not remain silent on those committing crimes against their people... We will not remain silent on the brutal dictator in Syria,” Erdogan added.

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman also spoke out and demanded Syria “refrain from firing towards Lebanese territory.”........
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FULL ARTICLE HERE: Lebanon and Turkey slam Syria violence, Erdogan vowing not to remain ‘silent’

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