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Turkey recasts approach to armed groups in Syria

Intelligence reports of al-Qaeda threats against Turkey are causing concern.

Fehim Tastekin
Fehim Tastekin
Dec 5, 2013
Weapons are seen in the sand near Adra, east of Damascus, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA August 7, 2013. Sixty-two rebel fighters were killed in a Syrian army ambush at dawn on Wednesday near the town of Adra, east of Damascus, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. The state news agency SANA did not give a death toll for the ambush but said the rebels were from the al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front. It
Weapons are seen in Adra, Aug. 7, 2013. The Syrian state news agency SANA said the weapons were confiscated from rebels from the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra. — REUTERS/SANA

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