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The Syrian government siege of the port city of Latakia has continued for a fourth day, despite demands from regional states that Damascus stop shelling civilian areas and withdraw its forces from the country's towns and cities.
The violence has drawn condemnation from neighbouring Turkey, which on Monday gave the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, what amounted to an ultimatum to stand down his military from Latakia, or face an unspecified reaction.
The Turkish government on Tuesday denied that it was imposing a buffer zone on its border with northern Syria. However, officials and military leaders have been drafting plans to deal with Syria's crisis, which shows no signs of abating after more than five months.
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