Erdogan Signals Turkey Prepared to Join Syria War If Asked
- Erdogan says Turkey shouldn't repeat mistake it made on Iraq
- Rebels supported by Turkey are losing ground to Assad
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country shouldn’t repeat in Syria the same mistake it made when it turned down a U.S. request to join the coalition that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Gulf states, meanwhile, said they’d send ground troops into Syria, where military gains led to the breakoff of already troubled peace talks between the government and rebels.