Turkey may review power supplies to Syria

Turkey kept up pressure on its one-time ally Syria on Tuesday, warning President Bashar al-Assad his government was on a "knife-edge" and saying it may review its supplies of electricity to Damascus if it does not change course, Reuters has recently reported.

In a possible signal that Turkey was preparing economic sanctions against Damascus, the country's Economy Ministry also said it had established a Syria desk to monitor developments and to assist Turkish businesses trading with Syria.

"Nobody now expects the Syrian people's demands to be met. We all want the Syrian administration, which is now on a knife-edge, to turn back from the edge of the cliff," Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told a party meeting.

He also demanded an immediate apology following attacks on Turkey's diplomatic missions in Syria.