WASHINGTON/BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) - President
Donald Trump imposed
sanctions on
Turkey on Monday and demanded the NATO ally stop a military incursion in northeast
Syria that is rapidly reshaping the battlefield of the world's deadliest ongoing war.
Trump, who gave what critics say was a de facto green light for Turkey's assault by ordering U.S. forces away from the conflict area, requested the ceasefire in a call with President Tayyip Erdogan.
"The
United States of America simply is not going to tolerate Turkey's invasion in Syria any further.