Turkey Says New Arab Ultimatum is 'Last Chance' for Syria
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A new Arab League ultimatum which gives Syria until later Friday to agree to accept observers or face sanctions represents a last chance for the regime in Damascus, Turkey's foreign minister said.
"It is a last chance, a new chance for Syria," Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters in Istanbul in the final hours before the 11:00 GMT deadline.
"We think it is now vital to put an end to the suffering of the Syrian people," said Davutoglu at a joint press conference with his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh.
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Jordan's King Abdullah have both called on their neighboring leader Assad to quit over a crackdown on protesters which the United Nations says has left more than 3,500 people dead.
The Arab ultimatum was issued Thursday at the end of a crisis meeting of foreign ministers in Cairo, during which the 22-member bloc also for the first time called on the United Nations to help resolve the crisis.
25 November 2011, 17:04
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Thus spoke Zaratoglu! What era do these fine Turks think they are living in? Ultimatum, huh!
25 November 2011, 20:27
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Assad is finished...and all his lebanese (i mean syrians) dogs in our country will soon pay the price of their betrayal to our country.
soon a new Syria will emerge and will help the lebanese state clean up the baathist and iranian garbage
26 November 2011, 02:22
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"soon a new Syria will emerge and will help the lebanese state clean up the baathist and iranian garbage". The Syrian people will not help the pro-American Lebanese slaves. The New Syria will wage a war with Israeli occupiers with the support of the Lebanese anti Israel resistance no matter who they are.
