Economics Turkey has banned all Syrian aircraft from its air space as it takes an increasingly firm stance against President Bashar al-Assad, while Syrian rebels said on Sunday they had made more gains in a key province near the Turkish border. Human Rights Watch said Syrian government forces had dropped Russian-made cluster bombs over civilian areas in the past week as they battled to reverse rebel advances, an act which rights groups say can constitute a war crime. NATO-member Turkey has increasingly taken on a leadership role in the international coalition ranked against Assad. More from Reuters Saudi Arabia says it is “insulted” by a parliamentary inquiry into how the UK deals with the country and Bahrain. Saudi officials have told the BBC they are now “re-evaluating their country’s historic relations with Britain” and that “all options will be looked at”. While they stopped short of cancelling ongoing trade
