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Turkey Ponders Re-evaluating, Suspending All Migrant Deals with EU

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   Turkey says it may re-evaluate or suspend all migrant agreements with
   the European Union if it does not receive a positive response from the
   bloc on visa-free travel for Turks.

   Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during an interview with
   broadcaster A Haber Friday the migrant deal and visa liberalization
   were a package, and therefore it was Turkey's right to re-evaluate or
   suspend those if one element was not fulfilled.

   Cavusoglu also said Turkey had no issues with Russia at present and
   would strengthen cooperation on a cease-fire and political solution in
   Syria, after a chemical attack blamed on Syrian government forces
   killed about 100 civilians in rebel-held Idlib province.

   The attack prompted the United States to launch dozens of Tomahawk
   cruise missiles from U.S. Navy destroyers in the Mediterranean on a
   Syrian air base.

   The strike, the first direct U.S. action against Syrian President
   Bashar al-Assad, and President Donald Trump's biggest military decision
   since taking office, marked a dramatic escalation in U.S. involvement
   in Syria's six-year war.