Syria, Turkey ink 50 bilateral deals
UPI - Thu Dec 24, 2:03 pm ETDAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The governments of Turkey and Syria signed in Damascus 50 agreements and memoranda of understanding on economic and security issues.
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The governments of Turkey and Syria signed in Damascus 50 agreements and memoranda of understanding on economic and security issues.
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And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And ...