Under fire for his abrupt Syria withdrawal, Trump imposes sanctions, higher tariffs on Turkey
President Trump, facing blowback over his abrupt troop withdrawal from Syria amid reports that Islamic State detainees have escaped in the ensuing chaos, called for an immediate cease-fire Monday and imposed sanctions against three Turkish officials and two government agencies.
Convoys of Syrian army vehicles deployed across the Kurdish-held territory, including the towns of Tabqa and Ain Aissa, entering for the first time areas the government had lost more than five years ago and which only a day before had been under U.S. stewardship. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Monday that Turkey’s invasion had “resulted in the release of many dangerous ISIS detainees,” along with “widespread casualties, refugees, destruction, insecurity and a growing threat to U.S. military forces.”
Esper said Erdogan was responsible for “a potential ISIS resurgence, possible war crimes and a growing humanitarian crisis.”
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