Tensions soared between Turkey and Russia after an airstrike in Syria killed at least 33 Turkish soldiers, prompting Ankara to seek military support from allies even as it threatened to unleash a new refugee exodus to Europe.
Turkey won’t be able to handle a new refugee flow if Idlib falls to Syrian government forces and it will have no choice but to “loosen” its policy of preventing migrants fleeing to Europe, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s communications director Fahrettin Altun said in Ankara. The European Union said it had no reports of an increase in flows of people.
