Turkey's offensive on Kurdish-led forces in Syria has left its European all...
PARIS/BRUSSELS - Turkey’s offensive on Kurdish-led forces in Syria has left its European allies incensed and fearing new jihadist militancy, but they are scrambling to form a coherent response beyond refusing to pay for any new humanitarian crisis on their doorstep.
The assault, which began after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled American troops out of the way, also raises fundamental questions over the fate of EU-Turkey ties and further strains transatlantic relations, including trust within the NATO military alliance, diplomats and officials said. Ankara has said it intends to create a “safe zone” to return millions of refugees to Syrian soil, for which it wants Europe to pay, a plan European diplomats have said is unrealistic.
Those numbers have picked up and coincide with Turkey, which hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees, threatening to “open the gates” to allow those already in the country to head for Europe unless it receives support for its plans. At a closed-door meeting on Tuesday, NATO envoys expressed alarm at Turkey’s plans and sought to pressure Erdogan not to go ahead with any operation, diplomats said.
Trump’s decision to pull back, while not unexpected, has left those two nations particularly exposed. French and British officials acknowledge that if the United States were to fully withdraw they would have no choice but to also draw back.
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