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US Preparing Sanctions on Turkey

Steve Herman

   VOA's Dorian Jones in Istanbul contributed to this report.

   WHITE HOUSE -- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is
   loading "very powerful" sanctions to impose on Turkey for its attacks
   on Syrian territory, but it is not yet pulling the trigger.

   "If Turkey does something they shouldn't be doing we will put on
   sanctions the likes of which very few countries have ever seen before,"
   the president told reporters Friday. "We don't want them killing a lot
   of people."

   Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced earlier in the day that
   Trump is signing an executive order to dissuade Turkey from any further
   offensive military action in northeast Syria.

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