Turkey may impose sanctions on Syria
Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Tuesday the country may consider ending its sale of electricity to neighboring Syria if tensions continue to escalate over the alleged Syrian crackdown on anti-government protests, Xinhua reported.
"We are currently supplying electricity to Syria. If this trend continues, however, we may have to revise all these decisions," Yildiz was quoted as saying by the semi-official Anatolia news agency.
Yildiz's statement came hours after Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed the Syrian government for the weekend's attacks on the Turkish diplomatic missions in Syria following an AL decision to suspend Syria's membership in the organization.