EU governments threatened sanctions against Turkey on Friday over its offensive ...
BRUSSELS/PARIS - EU governments threatened sanctions against Turkey on Friday over its offensive in Syria, angrily rejecting President Tayyip Erdogan’s warning that he would “open the gates” and send 3.6 million refugees to Europe if they did not back him.
The European Union, which Turkey still formally aspires to join despite its growing criticism of Ankara’s human rights record, had already condemned the Turkish offensive but has been infuriated by Erdogan’s threats to send refugees to Europe. Further piling pressure on Ankara ahead of an EU foreign ministers’ meeting on Monday and a summit of EU leaders on Thursday, Cyprus and Greece urged economic sanctions against Turkey over Turkish gas drilling in waters off southern Cyprus.
The YPG is the main fighting element of the Syrian Democratic Forces , the principal ally of the United States in Syria against Islamic State. U.S. Republican lawmakers have joined their Democrat opponents in criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops from the region and are now discussing sanctions against Turkey over its offensive.
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