Democrats, Republicans to seek reversal of Trump Syria pullback: Pelosi
The top congressional Democrat said Monday she had agreed with Republicans on the need for a resolution to overturn Donald Trump's "dangerous" troop withdrawal from northern Syria, as the US president threatened tough sanctions against Ankara.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also said congressional Democrats and Republicans were forging ahead with their own sweeping sanctions bill over Turkey's incursion against Kurdish militia in Syria -- saying the measures being drawn up by the White House did not go far enough.
"Big sanctions on Turkey coming!" tweeted Trump -- who has pre-approved "very significant" sanctions to dissuade Turkey from further offensive action in northeastern Syria, so far to no avail.
Trump's decision to pull US troops out of the area -- clearing the way for the Turkish incursion -- has been attacked at home as a betrayal of America's Kurdish allies, that risks triggering a resurgence of the Islamic State group.
Pelosi said she held talks with senior Senator Lindsey Graham, a hawkish Republican who has Trump's ear, and who angrily split with the president on the Syrian withdrawal.
"Our first order of business was to agree that we must have a bipartisan, bicameral...