The United States also imposed targeted sanctions on three Turkish ministers on Monday, with the aim of pushing Ankara to end its intervention in northern Syria.

US President Donald Trump on Monday urged his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to "end the invasion" in Syria and declare an "immediate ceasefire," said Vice President Mike Pence.

"The United States wants Turkey to end the invasion, implement an immediate ceasefire and start negotiating with Kurdish forces in Syria to end the violence," said Mike Pence, who that he would be going to Turkey soon at the request of the President. During this telephone conversation with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Donald Trump was "very firm" assured Mike Pence who was speaking from the White House. According to the US vice president, the Turkish president pledged that there should be "no attack on the city of Kobane".

A series of sanctions against Turkish ministers

The United States on Monday imposed targeted sanctions on three Turkish ministers under a Donald Trump presidential decree to persuade Ankara to "immediately end its offensive" in Syria. Energy, defense and interior ministers are hit by US measures, according to a statement from the US Treasury. Their potential assets in the United States are frozen and their international transactions in dollars are blocked.
The Ministries of Defense and Energy are also targeted, as institutions