Lindsey Graham is leading a Senate bill to punish Turkey with crushing sanctions

A bipartisan Senate effort is in the works to punish Turkey for its attacks on Kurds just days after President Donald Trump withdrew US troops from northern Syria earlier this week.

Led by staunch Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the goal is to impose a financial penalty on Turkey’s highest political leaders — including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — and military for invading Syria’s north. Reports show that Turkey has already killed around 16 Syrian Kurds, America’s top partner in the fight against...