Turkey an increasingly vocal opponent to what is going on in Syria, says U.S. State Dept. official

WASHINGTON (A.A) - Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, Mark Toner, said Thursday that Turkey had become an increasingly vocal opponent to what was going on in Syria and an increasingly powerful voice among the international community in calling for Bashar al-Assad to end the violence and to allow for a democratic transition to take place. Speaking at a daily press briefing in Washington, Toner said that "as for possible steps that Turkey may take to increase pressure on Assad, we would certainly welcome those kinds of steps, but it is really for them to clarify what those might be". "I think we would welcome any step that tightens that economic noose around Assad's regime," Toner also said.