US reaffirms stance on Turkey’s S-400, support for Syria’s Kurds
The White House has maintained the previous administration's demands that Ankara dispose of the Russian missile defense system.
The Biden administration won’t budge on the previous administration's demands that NATO ally Turkey get rid of Russia’s S-400 missile defense system. The United States will also continue to support the Syrian Kurdish-led People's Protection Units (YPG), a top State Department official assured lawmakers July 21.
Ankara will be subject to new US sanctions if it purchases additional Russian military hardware, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland told the Senate’s foreign affairs panel July 21.
Lawmakers lambasted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's policies, both foreign and domestic, during the hearing on Wednesday.
Committee members from both parties slammed Ankara’s moves against journalists and Kurdish politicians from the Peoples' Democratic Party, as well as Turkish military actions in Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh.
