Erdogan tells Assad: Stop violence
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on the phone with Syrian President Bashar Assad and urged him to "stop the bloody oppression against protestors," the Turkish news agency reported.
Erdogan also called on Assad to "end the use of violence" and emphasized the need for "setting a reform schedule as soon as possible and implementing it swiftly." (Roee Nahmias)