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US House Lawmakers Rebuke Turkey for Syria Invasion

Katherine Gypson

   CAPITOL HILL - The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan
   legislation on Tuesday sanctioning Turkey in a move aimed at
   reasserting congressional oversight of U.S. President Donald Trump's
   foreign policy.

   The legislation, co-sponsored by Democratic House Foreign Affairs
   Committee Chairman Eliot Engel of New York and ranking Republican
   Congressman Michael McCaul of Texas, would punish senior Turkish
   officials involved in the decision to invade northern Syria and
   perpetrate human rights abuses against the Kurds.

   The House passed the bill by a 403-16 vote.

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