{"id":1695,"date":"2024-12-10T13:12:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T07:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/trump-ally-threatens-sanctions-against-major-nato-state\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T13:12:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T07:42:11","slug":"trump-ally-threatens-sanctions-against-major-nato-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/trump-ally-threatens-sanctions-against-major-nato-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump ally threatens sanctions against major NATO state"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>The US may have to retaliate against T\u00fcrkiye over its actions in Syria, Senator Lindsey Graham has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has threatened to propose sanctions against fellow NATO member T\u00fcrkiye if it attacks the American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). A strong supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, Graham argued that sweeping operations against the SDF in Syria would benefit the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and damage American\u00a0interests in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The SDF, which is dominated by Kurdish groups, reported over the weekend that\u00a0it had come under Turkish artillery and drone attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Pan-Arabic news channel Al Mayadeen cited the local SDF command on Saturday as saying that <em>\u201cthe Turkish occupation and its mercenaries\u201d<\/em> were clashing with the Kurdish-led troops around Manbij, a city to the northeast of Aleppo.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters reported on Sunday that the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) had captured Manbij and that the SDF had withdrawn. According to Turkish media, the SNA was operating against Kurdish militias that are part of the SDF and are considered terrorists by Ankara.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/609024-biden-credit-damascus-fall\/\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Biden claims credit for toppling Syria\u2019s Assad<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>In a post on X on Sunday, Graham argued that the US <em>\u201cshould not allow the Kurdish forces \u2013 who helped us destroy ISIS on President Trump\u2019s watch \u2013 to be threatened by Turkey or the radical Islamists who have taken over Syria.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe have to ensure that the roughly 50,000 ISIS prisoners in northeastern Syria \u2013 being primarily held by Kurdish forces \u2013 are not released,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTurkey has legitimate concerns regarding different groups that reside in northeastern Syria,\u201d<\/em> Graham wrote, but added that\u00a0<em>\u201can ISIS jailbreak \u2026 would be a nightmare for America.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Turkey deserves to have a demilitarized buffer zone between northeastern Syria and Turkey to protect Turkish interests. However, if Turkey takes military action against Kurdish forces in Syria, it will jeopardize America\u2019s interests dramatically.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cIn the past I have drafted sanctions targeting Turkey if they engage in military operations against the Kurdish forces who helped President Trump destroy ISIS. I stand ready to do this again in a bipartisan way,\u201d<\/em> the senator warned.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2024.12\/thumbnail\/675756eb85f5406ed449ba82.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli tanks operate near the Israeli border separating the occupied Golan Heights from Syria, December 9, 2024\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/609102-israel-netanyahu-golan-heights\/\">Netanyahu says illegal occupation of Syrian land is \u2018forever\u2019<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The political balance in Syria shifted dramatically over the weekend, when a loose coalition of opposition forces led by Islamists from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) captured Damascus and toppled President Bashar Assad. The SDF used the collapse of the government army to expand its control in eastern Syria.<\/p>\n<p>The US backed the SDF throughout the Syrian civil war when its soldiers were fighting the government troops and Islamic State. At the same time, the US showed no support to Kurdish forces in northern Syria when they were attacked by the Turkish army during Ankara\u2019s cross-border <em>\u201canti-terrorist\u201d<\/em> operations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Lindsey Graham has said that the US could impose sanctions on T\u00fcrkiye over Syria Read Full Article at RT.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump ally threatens sanctions against major NATO state - Leading the AI News Frontier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/trump-ally-threatens-sanctions-against-major-nato-state\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump ally threatens sanctions against major NATO state - 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