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The Turkey is on the road in Northern Syria has caused outrage in the United States sparked

the Republicans in the US house of representatives have announced plans to introduce a sanctions bill against Turkey for its offensive In Syria .

members of Congress, Liz Cheney said that Turkey must be in front of "serious consequences for the merciless, our Kurdish allies and attack" in the region.

It said comes as a President Donald Trump , he hoped for the mediation in The Conflict .

Turkey drew in Northern Syria on Wednesday, after The President pulled U.S. troops out of the area.

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critics complain that the US withdrawal effectively Turkey gave The Green light for the start of the cross-border assault, says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is to create a "safe zone" to run for 480 km on the Syrian side of The Border .

the Kurdish militias in the Syrian Democratic forces (SDF) to control the cross-border regions - groups of the Turkey calls "terrorists", the anti-Turkish uprisings.

The SDF were important allies of the United States in the fight against the Islamic state (IS) group, Saying they were "stabbed in the back" by the United States .

There are fears that the operation could lead to the Ethnic Cleansing of Kurds and revive IS.

What are the sanctions plan?

A group of 29 Republicans in the Democrat-controlled house of representatives have announced a law, which sanctions against Ankara .

. "You must be punished for their attacks on our Kurdish allies. "

Ms Cheney adds that "the Congress had long been concerns about the [Erdogan's] regime, cooperation with U.S. adversaries, such as Russia". No mention is made of the US troop withdrawal.

"President Trump made it clear that, if Turkey crosses a line In Syria , he would" completely obliterate the economy of Turkey " - and this law gives the United States the tools, the promise to fulfill," representative Jodey Arrington wrote.

It Comes The Day after, together with Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, for "tough sanctions" against Turkey .

Mr. Graham is a staunch ally of President Trump, But has voting criticized his administration for the withdrawal of forces In Syria and said the US would "leave shameful" of the Kurds.

As President, Trump has responded?

The President defended his decision to withdraw troops - say, to a point that the Kurds "will not help us in the Second World War ".

But he has since taken a harder line on the Turkish offensive after criticism at home and abroad.

Mr Trump has suggested that sanctions could come if the Turkey is, the operation is not "Human" - a Red Line , an official told reporters meant "Ethnic Cleansing ". indiscriminate artillery -, air -, and other fire directed at the civilian population".

"We have not seen significant examples of that so far, But we are very early," the official said on condition of anonymity, and added that The President had the task of diplomats,"", if there are areas of commonality between the Two Sides , if there is a way that we find our way to a ceasefire".

"Send in thousands of troops to win militarily, the Turkey is very hard financially and with sanctions, or broker a deal between Turkey and the Kurds". The President later told reporters: "I hope it will be The Last . "

He made the remarks before he flew to Minnesota for a campaign rally.

During the repetition, to convey his hope that The Conflict between the Kurds and Turkey , The President said, to the masses, it was Time to "bring our soldiers home," and criticized U.S. involvement in the Middle East .

"produce These wars, only chaos and bloodshed," he said. "We are slow from the Middle East . We do it carefully. "

trump supporters deduction

By Lauren Turner, Bbc News , Minneapolis

"Why are we the policemen of The World must back the troops?"

For many of Donald Trump supporters attending his rally in central Minneapolis, your opinion on Turkey is an attack on Syria , after U.S. troops were pulled out of The City , was the same.

"I think it's great, we have stopped with our troops in their problems in Turkey and In Syria ," the 24-year-old Alex Ledezma. "We are not their Babysitter. "

Melissa Erra, 52, said: "What is going on, it's been there for hundreds of years. How many of our people are dying, for something, that's not our thing? It goes on, whether we are there or not. "

But the Marine Corps veteran Eric Radziej had to take a different.

"I thought it was a mistake, pull out of Afghanistan so quickly. But if it goes badly, we have never said we would not go back. In Afghanistan, we waited to long to go back. "

He added: "There are other partners that could work. We can not support The Weight of The World , all the Time . "

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Source of news: bbc.com