TURKEY: Turkish Airlines announce they halt all flights to Syria, following Turkey's decision to close embassy in Damascus
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280501
TURKEY: Turkish Airlines announce they halt all flights to Syria, following Turkey's decision to close embassy in Damascus
- Title: TURKEY: Turkish Airlines announce they halt all flights to Syria, following Turkey's decision to close embassy in Damascus
- Date: 28th March 2012
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (MARCH 27, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS INSIDE AIRPORT PARKED TURKISH AIRLINES PLANES ON TARMAC OF ISTANBUL ATATURK AIRPORT VARIOUS OF PARKED PLANES TURKISH AIRLINE PLANE TAXIING ON TARMAC PLANE TAKING OFF
- Embargoed: 12th April 2012 13:00
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- Location: Turkey, Turkey
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: International Relations,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA9P91QE7CLJ7AFDAVJR860M02
- Story Text: Turkish Airlines announced on Tuesday (March 27) that it will halt flights to Syria from Sunday, in a move that follows the Turkish government's decision to shut its embassy in Damascus and advise nationals to leave due to the violence gripping Syria.
Flights to both Damascus and Aleppo will be halted, the airline's press office said.
Turkey, once one of Syria's closest allies, closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday, deepening Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's isolation, but it has kept open its consulate in Aleppo, a city 45 km (28 miles) east of the border with Turkey. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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