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Pressure mounts on Turkey to end its campaign against Kurdish forces

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President Trump has threatened to destroy Turkey's economy unless it stops its offensive

President Trump has imposed economic sanctions on Turkey and threatened to destroy its economy unless it stops its offensive in northern Syria.

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