Turkey raised the prospect of a buffer zone inside Syria put in place by its own troops and those of other countries for the first time, as international tensions over the fighting inside the country worsened.
Syrians living in Turkey wave Turkish and Syrian flags as they protest against the government of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Istanbul Photo: REUTERS/Murad Sezer
By Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent
6:45PM GMT 29 Nov 2011
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Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, gave voice to contingency plans long thought to be under discussion in Ankara, but went further in adding that international action might be required.
"If the oppression continues, Turkey is ready for any scenario," he said in an interview on local television. "We hope that a military intervention will never be necessary. The Syrian regime has to find a way of making peace with its own people.
"If tens, hundreds of thousands of people start advancing towards the Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey borders, not only Turkey but the international community may be required to take some steps such as a buffer zone. We don't want that to happen but we must consider and work on that scenario."
Syria and its few remaining allies have issued aggressive warnings against foreign involvement in its uprising, which is now tipping into open civil war in some areas.
Russia, which has blocked United Nations sanctions and repeatedly accused western governments of making the situation worse, announced it was moving its only aircraft carrier group to the port of Tartus in northern Syria.
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The Admiral Kuznetsov, which will be accompanied by an anti-submarine destroyer and a fleet of smaller ships along with fighter jets and anti-ship helicopters, would be bringing forward a port visit intended for "training" from next spring, Russian media said.
Both Russian and Syrian officials denied there was any connection to current unrest. But Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, issued an angry response to a joint statement by the US and EU on Monday demanding the Syrian government end violence against protesters.
"Right now, the most important thing is to stop acting by means of ultimatums and try to move toward political dialogue," Mr Lavrov said. He rejected calls for Russia to stop selling arms to Syria saying talk of an embargo was "disingenuous".
The Syrian crisis has put new energy into old allegiances in what had been shifting diplomatic territory in the region. Syria and Russia are old allies, but Syria, already close to Iran, had been moving closer to Turkey too until earlier this year.
But Turkey, a key Nato member, moved squarely against first Libya and then a second state in the vanguard of anti-Western rhetoric in the region, Syria.
It remains unclear what effect this will have in military terms – most western countries are desperate to avoid further intervention in the region. But Turkey and its western allies imposed a buffer zone for the Kurds in northern Iraq in the early nineties, as part of a series of defensive measures and embargoes that ultimately led to the 2003 invasion.
There is no sign of a let-up either inside Syria itself, the day after a damning United Nations report was published accusing the regime of President Bashir al-Assad of widespread abuses, including the torture and murder of children.
Three soldiers were killed and two more captured by insurgents in the north of the country, while an eight-year-old girl shot dead at a checkpoint near the city of Homs was among several people killed by the military.
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