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            Erdogan Vows Turkey Will Stay Out of Syria's 'Quagmire'

   Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to stay out of
   Syria`s civil war, a day after a double car bombing struck a Turkish
   town near the Syrian border, killing at least 46 people.
   Speaking Sunday in Istanbul, Mr. Erdogan said Turkey will remain
   level-headed in the face of provocations aimed at dragging it into what
   he called the "Syrian quagmire."
   The Turkish government said authorities detained nine Turkish citizens
   in connection with Saturday`s attack in Reyhanli and suspect them of
   having links to Syria`s intelligence service. Senior officials told a
   news conference that the detainees include the attack`s alleged
   mastermind and planners, some of whom confessed.
   Earlier Sunday, Syria`s information minister denied his government was
   involved in the bombings. Omran al-Zoubi said the Turkish government
   was responsible because it has turned its border region into a shelter
   for "terrorists" -- the Syrian government`s term for rebels fighting to
   end President Bashar al-Assad`s autocratic rule.
   Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on the U.N. Security
   Council to take action to stop the Syrian conflict. Speaking on a visit
   to Berlin, he said the international community`s inability to act has
   enabled a "spark to transform into a fire."
   No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings. Reyhanli is located
   in Turkey`s Hatay province, which hosts a large number of Syrian
   refugees from the war. Residents of the province staged several
   protests on Sunday, denouncing the lack of security along the
   Turkish-Syrian border.
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