TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on senior political and security members of his cabinet to devise a strategic plan for Syria, sources said."Erdogan held a 4-hour meeting with his cabinet members, including Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Interior Minister Muammar Guler, National Defense Minister Ismat Yilmaz, Security Chief Hakan Fydan and Head of the IHH (Turkish Islamic charity known as the Freedom Flotilla) Fahmy Bulent Ildirim, on July 17," a source told FNA on Sunday.
The source who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of his information added that during the meeting, "Erdogan voiced displeasure with the delay in settling the Syrian issue, and said the status quo in Syria is now just serving the interests of the US and the West since they take revolutionary Muslims off Europe under the pretext of (war in) Syria, while a weak Bashar al-Assad will pose no danger to them."
"Then, Erdogan called on his security and political men to devise a plan for taking a strategic decision on Syria," concluded the source.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized attacks by well-armed gangs and foreign-backed terrorist groups against not just the Syrian police, border guard and army troops, but also people being reported across the country.
Tens of thousands of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed since some protest rallies turned into armed clashes.
The government blames outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups for the deaths, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.
In October 2011, calm was almost restored in the Arab state after President Assad started a reform initiative in the country, but Israel, the US, its Arab allies and Turkey sought hard to bring the country into chaos through any possible means. Tel Aviv, Washington and some Arab capitals have been staging various plots to topple President Bashar al-Assad, who is well known in the world for his anti-Israeli stances.
By Fars News Agency
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