<span style="color: #222222;">US President Donald Trump has said, America is ready to swiftly destroy Turkey's economy in response to the NATO allay's military offensive in northern Syria.<br />''<br />'' President Trump's statement comes after he imposed sanctions on Turkish ministries and senior officials, proposed to raise steel tariffs and end negotiations on a 100 billion dollar trade deal with Ankara. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said this order will enable the US to impose powerful additional sanctions on those who may be involved in serious human rights abuses, obstructing a ceasefire, preventing displaced persons from returning home, forcibly repatriating refugees or threatening the peace, security or stability in Syria. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' US Vice-President Mike Pence yesterday said, the US President also phoned his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to demand an immediate truce. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The Turkish offensive, which began last week, aims to push the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from the border region. Turkey considers the biggest militia in the SDF a terrorist organisation.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The Turkish government wants to create a "safe zone" in the area, where it can resettle up to two million Syrian refugees currently in Turkey.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' According to the United Nations, dozens of civilians have been killed in the operation so far and at least one lakh sixty thousand have fled the area.</span><br />''  <br />