Turkey’s hopes of avoiding punishing US sanctions over its purchase of a Russian air defence system appear increasingly pinned on intervention from Donald Trump, but the president has little leeway to counter Ankara’s many critics in Washington, Reuters reports.The two NATO allies have argued for months over Turkey’s order for the advanced S-400 missile defence batteries, which Washington says are incompatible with the Western alliance’s defence network and would pose a threat to US F-35 stealth fighter jets which Turkey also plans to buy.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and several prominent US senators have warned Turkey it will face …read more
Source: Middle East Monitor
