Italy, France, Germany, the U.K and Spain were among member states to announce plans to suspend sales and exports of arms to Turkey. Trump's announcement to withdraw troops from northern Syria came as a surprise, which critics say ... [+] gave Turkey the green light to carry out its offensive. On October 10, Erdogan said he would “open the gates” and send 3.6 million refugees currently in Turkey to Europe. “The EU will continue to condemn Turkey but it won’t work… The U.S. has gone too far. “So Russia could be the only actor who could change events and mediate between Turkey, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and the Kurds,” Paul said.

Source: Forbes October 19, 2019 11:03 UTC