MoreSyrian Regime Hits Turning Point in War Against RebelsTurkey Says it Will Keep Taking in Refugees Despite Reaching Its LimitsSyrian Government Closes in on Southern City of Daraa (ANKARA, Turkey) — As tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing violence massed at Turkey’s border, Turkish and German leaders pledged Monday to redouble diplomatic efforts to end the fighting around the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo and prevent more refugees making their way into Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after talks with Turkey’s prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, that she was “not just appalled but horrified” by the suffering caused by the bombing in Syria, primarily by Russia. Merkel said Turkey and Germany would push at the United Nations for all sides to adhere to a U.N.