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An Extremely Vulnerable Turkey

An Extremely Vulnerable Turkey

One day after Russia's ambassador to Turkey was killed in Ankara, foreign ministers from the two countries met in Moscow to discuss the crisis in Syria — and to vow they will keep their delicate diplomatic relationship on track in the wake of Andrey Karlov's assassination.

During Monday's attack at a photo exhibition, the 22-year-old shooter shouted, "Don't forget Aleppo! Don't forget Syria!" after killing Karlov. The probe into the assassination is on-going, and Russia has sent more than a dozen people to Turkey to work on a joint investigation. The Turkish-Russian investigation will examine whether the shooter, a member of Ankara's riot police squad, planned the attack alone, the Associated Press reported.

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