Turkey Calls For Halt In Syria Violence

Turkey's prime minister has called on the Syrian regime to halt the violence as President Bashar al-Assad's military forces counter deadly unrest.

The developments came as Syrian troops are reported continuing their crackdown on opponents of Assad's regime, with forces moving through villages near the northeastern town of Jisr al-Shugur.

Turkey's Anatolian news agency said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan telephoned Assad and urged him to end the violence and draw up a timetable of reform. Turkey says more than 8,500 refugees from the Syrian violence have so far entered Turkey.

Note EU-Digest: the UN should also take immediate action to condemn and apply sanctions against the Syrian Government.

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