Bodies of Turkish pilots shot down by Syria recovered On Wednesday Mr Assad told Turkey to stop meddling in his country's affairs and accused Ankara of giving logistical backing to Syrian "terrorists." In an interview with the daily Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, the Syrian president said: "Turkey's desire to interfere in Syria's internal affairs has put it in a position which unfortunately makes it a party to all the bloody activities. Turkey has supplied all logistic support to the terrorists who have killed our people. William Hague, the foreign secretary, said today there could be no political transition in Syria with Mr Assad and urged Russia to stop backing its traditional ally. "Russia must understand that the situation in Syria is heading towards collapse," Mr Hague said at a joint news conference in Paris with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius. "Even if President Assad had a free hand in committing as many crimes, he will not be ble to control the situation in Syria," Hague said. There is no point in anyone standing by the Assad regime, this is a failed and doomed regime. The uprising has increasingly turned into an armed conflict between the army and dissident soldiers who have notably joined the Free Syrian Army. That force is being commanded from Turkey by colonel Riad Al-Assaad, who fled there with a large number of deserters.