Turkey: U.K. to Suspend New Arms Export Licenses Over Syria Offensive

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2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

What Happened: The United Kingdom is joining other European countries in limiting its arms sales to Turkey by suspending new export licenses over Ankara’s military offensive in northern Syria, Reuters reported Oct. 15.

Why It Matters: European countries are important trading partners for Turkey, particularly on arms sales, and export disruptions will compound damage from U.S. sanctions. The decision by various European nations to limit their arms exports to Turkey will heighten tensions between both sides, but sanctions and reductions in bilateral arms trade will be unlikely to deter further military action by Ankara.

Background: European countries are reluctant to threaten harsh penalties against Turkey for its incursion into northern Syria out of fears that Ankara may terminate a delicate refugee deal and send a wave of refugees toward the European Union.

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Cool. Now Turkey will just buy what they need from Russia.

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Not only that, Turkey has vowed to flood Europe with millions more Syrian migrants if Europe doesn’t do what it’s told. I don’t know if this action would result in Turkey doing that but things are starting to shit the bed quickly.

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No country can be forced to tske them. Sweden may volunteer.

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The majority of them are being received by poor developing nations. It’s only fitting that the nations that are responsible for conditions that have created the global crisis bear a bit of the burden.

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And how do you know that’s a picture from Sweden???

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Actions have consequences. If Turkey wants to continue to pursue this path then they need to be prepared.

Look to Poland for guidance.