<span style="color: #222222;">The European Union governments have agreed to limit arms exports to Turkey over its offensive in northern Syria. At a meeting in Luxembourg today, EU Foreign Ministers, however, stopped short of a bloc-wide embargo on Turkey which is a NATO ally. </span><br />''<br />''The EU's collective position was mainly aimed at avoiding a legally-binding embargo on Ankara, a longtime candidate to join the bloc. A full embargo would have grouped Turkey with Venezuela and Russia, countries where the EU has a formal ban and views them as hostile.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Syrian troops, who are on a collision course with Turkish forces and their allies, have begun sweeping into Kurdish-held territory. Syrian troops are being deployed to villages to the north-west of the Kurdish-held city of Manbij alongside Kurdish fighters. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Syrian army had said it had reached the city of Tal Tamr, bringing it to within 20 miles of the Turkish border. This comes a day after the Kurds agreed to hand over key cities to Damascus in exchange for protection. The deal, which Kurdish leaders emphasised they had made reluctantly after four days of bombardment by Turkish artillery and jets </span>