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REUTERSTurkish
soldiers and an army tank take position at the new site of the Suleyman
Shah tomb near the northern Syrian village of Esme, on the
Syrian-Turkish border February 24, 2015.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is asking its coalition partners, including the United States, to take part in a joint ground operation in Syria to try to end the five-year-old civil war, a Turkish official said on Tuesday.
The official said it was now impossible to stop the war without such an operation, but that Ankara would not launch such an offensive on its own.
"Turkey is not going to have a unilateral ground operation. We are asking coalition partners that there should be a ground operation. We are discussing this with allies," the official told reporters at a briefing in Istanbul.
"We want a ground operation. If there is a consensus, Turkey will take part. Without a ground operation, it is impossible to stop this war."
(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
REUTERSTurkish
soldiers and an army tank take position at the new site of the Suleyman
Shah tomb near the northern Syrian village of Esme, on the
Syrian-Turkish border February 24, 2015.ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is asking its coalition partners, including the United States, to take part in a joint ground operation in Syria to try to end the five-year-old civil war, a Turkish official said on Tuesday.
The official said it was now impossible to stop the war without such an operation, but that Ankara would not launch such an offensive on its own.
"Turkey is not going to have a unilateral ground operation. We are asking coalition partners that there should be a ground operation. We are discussing this with allies," the official told reporters at a briefing in Istanbul.
"We want a ground operation. If there is a consensus, Turkey will take part. Without a ground operation, it is impossible to stop this war."
(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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