Davutoğlu again urges Syria to stop military operations

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has issued a stark warning to Syrian authorities to immediately halt military operations across the country or he said there will be nothing left to talk about the steps that would be taken.

Davutoğlu told reporters after full-scale military operations in a number of Syrian cities since Thursday by Syrian authorities to crush the five-month uprising against the 11-year rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that Turkey is demanding that all military operations that result in civilian death must be stopped immediately and unconditionally.

"If these operations do not stop there will be nothing left to say about the steps that would be taken," he said, without elaborating.

"This is our final word to the Syrian authorities, our first expectation is that these operations stop immediately and unconditionally," Davutoğlu said in Turkey's strongest rhetoric yet against its once close ally and neighbor, Today’s Zaman reported.