Turkey and allies want Syria's Assad out but not just yet

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey, with strong backing from its Arab and Western allies, very much wants Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down -- but not just yet. Under Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his post-Islamist ruling party Turkey has become the main organising hub for Syria's opposition -- the 260-member liberal Syrian National Council, and the Free Syrian Army, comprising mainly ...