Pompeo Says U.S. Reviewing Options to Aid Turkey: Syria Update
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar inspects operations in Idlib from a command center in Turkey, on Feb. 28.
Photographer: Arif Akdogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Turkey threatened to release a new wave of refugees toward Europe after western allies were cool to its calls for assistance in the wake of the deadliest day so far for Turkish forces in Syria.
The statement, by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s communications director, came shortly after a European Union spokesman said it had received no information from Turkey on a change in its policy on migrants.