Turkey Alarmed Over Russian Military Buildup in Syria - Voice of America

The condemnation came as U.S. officials said they were still trying to fathom Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategy in Syria - whether his military objective is to help battle against Islamic State extremists, as Moscow claims, or to strike at rebel fighters seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad, a Russian ally.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned during a television interview Monday night that any military backing of the Assad government by Russia would hamper efforts to find a political solution to the four-year-long civil war raging in Turkey’s southern neighbor, and risked prolonging and complicating the brutal conflict, which has left a quarter-of-a-million dead.

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