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Bomber Erdogan calls for no-fly zone

TURKEY reiterated calls for a hostile no-fly zone over northern Syria yesterday — after bombing Islamic State (Isis) and Kurdish militia-held towns on Sunday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed to the outgoing US government to adopt the policy, one that defeated presidential candidate Hillary Clinton admitted would mean outright war with Syria and its allies Russia and Iran.

And Mr Erdogan conflated the question of a no-fly zone against the Syrian air force — now pounding Turkish-backed insurgents in and around Aleppo — with Ankara’s two-month-old invasion of Aleppo province.

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