There will be no meeting of the Iran nuclear deal participants on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week, the EU and Iran have announced.
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Latest on Turkey’s military operation in northeast Syria
- According to the sources in the Democratic Syrian Forces, a car bomb went off in Qamishli border city in Syria in front of a restaurant. There are no official reports on the exact number of casualties.
- A group of citizens in Piranshahr city in the northwest of Iran gathered in protest against Turkey’s attack on Syrian Kurds. The protesters chanted “death to Erdogan” and “death to America.”
- In response to Erdogan’s threat of sending over 3 million Syrian refugees to Europe, Italy’s prime minister said: “It is unacceptable of Turkey to use Syrian refugees as a tool for blackmailing Europe.”
- France News Agency has reported the death of seven civilians as a result of Turkey’s assault.
- The foreign minister of Turkey says his country expects support from NATO members in the face of security threats against Turkey.
- The Russian ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement asking Ankara to show restraint.
- The Syrian Democratic Forces have confirmed that during the Wednesday and Thursday’s attacks, 22 of their members have been killed.
- The Swedish Parliament has decided that Sweden will bring up the issue of imposing weapons sanction on Turkey in the meeting of the EU foreign ministers on Monday.
- France announced that the European Union will discuss sanctions on Turkey due to its military operation in Syria in the next week’s meeting.
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