Turkey will urge Syria to curb Hezbollah as a step toward renewing peace talks with Israel. Quoting sources in Ankara, Israel’s daily Ma’ariv reported that Turkish Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan would tell visiting Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday that Damascus lacks diplomatic credibility because it supports Lebanese and Palestinian terrorist groups.
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