Ankara has stressed it wouldn't take such a step without U.N. backing.

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And after a long and arduous journey navigating a country they don't know, a language they don't speak and with meager funds, they made it to Ankara, the Turkish capital, where they are now waiting.

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"I don't have much details to tell but it was characterized by our mission as a terrorist attack on our embassy in Ankara, " he said.

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