TURKEY-SYRIA-SANCTIONS.

Source :: Middle East Reporter (Daily Edition); 9/22/2011, Vol. 199 Issue 5180, p7-8, 2p
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: The article focuses on the report of the Lebanese daily "Al Joumhouriya" on September 15, 2011 on the outcome of the meeting between Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama. It says that the Turkish president contends his government has stopped talks with Syria and will consider imposing sanctions, noting that it engages "in a campaign to tarnish" his country. It states that the U.S. has partnered with Turkey to increase pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.