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National Post, Canada
Oct 15 2012
Turkey intercepts Armenian flight bound for Syria as total ban on
Syrian aircraft begins
Angus MacSwan and Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Reuters
BEIRUT/AMMAN - Turkey has banned all Syrian aircraft from its air
space as it takes an increasingly firm stance against President Bashar
al-Assad, while Syrian rebels said on Sunday they had made more gains
in a key province near the Turkish border.
Human Rights Watch said Syrian government forces had dropped
Russian-made cluster bombs over civilian areas in the past week as
they battled to reverse rebel advances, an act which rights groups say
can constitute a war crime.
NATO-member Turkey has increasingly taken on a leadership role in the
international coalition ranked against Assad.
Turkey ordered an Armenian plane flying to the Syrian city of Aleppo
to land and searched its cargo on Monday, in the latest move to
prevent its airspace being used to supply the Syrian military.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/15/turkey-intercepts-armenian-flight-bound-for-syria-after-total-ban-on-syrian-aircraft-begins/
Oct 15 2012
Turkey intercepts Armenian flight bound for Syria as total ban on
Syrian aircraft begins
Angus MacSwan and Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Reuters
BEIRUT/AMMAN - Turkey has banned all Syrian aircraft from its air
space as it takes an increasingly firm stance against President Bashar
al-Assad, while Syrian rebels said on Sunday they had made more gains
in a key province near the Turkish border.
Human Rights Watch said Syrian government forces had dropped
Russian-made cluster bombs over civilian areas in the past week as
they battled to reverse rebel advances, an act which rights groups say
can constitute a war crime.
NATO-member Turkey has increasingly taken on a leadership role in the
international coalition ranked against Assad.
Turkey ordered an Armenian plane flying to the Syrian city of Aleppo
to land and searched its cargo on Monday, in the latest move to
prevent its airspace being used to supply the Syrian military.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/15/turkey-intercepts-armenian-flight-bound-for-syria-after-total-ban-on-syrian-aircraft-begins/