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Insight: Turkish generals look to life beyond prison bars

YoopyaJul 1, 20120

(Reuters) – They once bestrode Turkey the masters of all they surveyed. Governments were swept aside, a prime minister dispatched to the gallows. Even in

Assad forces bombard northern towns, avoid Turkish border

YoopyaJun 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Helicopter gunships bombarded a strategic town in northern Syria overnight and tanks moved close to the commercial hub of Aleppo, rebels said, but

Blast hits Damascus, Turkey sends troops to border

YoopyaJun 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Rebel forces attacked Syria’s main court in central Damascus on Thursday, state television said, while Turkey deployed troops and anti-aircraft rocket launchers to

Blast hits Damascus as Turkey sends troops to border

YoopyaJun 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Rebel forces attacked Syria’s main court in central Damascus on Thursday, state television said, while Turkey deployed troops and anti-aircraft rocket launchers to

Turkish military convoys head for Syrian border

YoopyaJun 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Turkish troops and military vehicles deployed towards the border with Syria on Thursday as a precaution after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan gave orders

Exclusive: Russia backs Annan idea of Syria unity government: envoys

YoopyaJun 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Russia and other big powers have told mediator Kofi Annan that they support his idea of a Syrian national unity cabinet that could

Gunmen storm pro-Assad Syrian TV channel

YoopyaJun 27, 20120

(Reuters) – Gunmen stormed a pro-government Syrian TV channel headquarters on Wednesday, bombing buildings and shooting dead three employees, state media said, in one of

Heavy fighting around Syrian capital

YoopyaJun 26, 20120

(Reuters) – State forces and rebels were locked in heavy fighting in several areas outside Damascus on Tuesday, activists said, in the worst violence to

Turkey blames Syria for jet attack, consults NATO

YoopyaJun 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Turkey accused Syria on Sunday of shooting down a military plane in international airspace without warning and called a NATO meeting to discuss

Turkey says plane shot down by Syria was in international airspace

kiemtarJun 24, 2012June 24, 20120

Foreign minister says Ankara will take incident to Nato and dismisses Syria’s claim it did not know plane was Turkish. Turkey’s foreign minister has said