EU Council President Donald Tusk condemned as attempted “blackmail” Friday a threat by the Turkish president to allow millions of refugees to head to Europe if the bloc criticizes Ankara’s offensive in Syria. “Turkey must understand that our main concern is that their actions may lead to another humanitarian catastrophe, ...
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed “serious concerns” on Friday about Turkey’s ongoing operation against Kurdish forces in Syria and called for “restraint”. “I shared… my serious concerns about this ongoing operation and the risk of further destabilization of the region,” Stoltenberg told reporters in Istanbul, speaking alongside Turkish Foreign ...