US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Jerusalem and Brussels after his visit to Turkey with Vice President Mike Pence, the State Department has announced.
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Pompeo will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Friday and then travel later that day to Brussels for a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the department said in a statement on Wednesday.
Pence and Pompeo are going to Turkey's capital Ankara on Thursday and expect to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to urge him to stop his invasion of Syria.
Meanwhile Russian troops have swept into territory abandoned by the US.
New White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien arrived in Turkey on Wednesday, aiming to meet Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
The Trump administration is trying to contain the fallout from Erdogan's decision to send forces last week to attack Syrian Kurdish militia that were Washington's close allies.
Erdogan again insisted there would be no ceasefire, and said he might call off a visit to the United States next month because of the "very big disrespect" shown by US politicians.
He also denounced the US for taking the "unlawful, ugly step" of imposing criminal charges against a Turkish state bank over allegations it broke sanctions on Iran.
Turkey's assault, launched after a call between Erdogan and US President Donald Trump, forced Washington to abandon a strategy in place for five years and pull its troops from northern Syria.
It has spawned a humanitarian crisis, with 160,000 civilians taking flight and a security alert over thousands of Islamic State fighters abandoned in Kurdish jails.
Trump is facing a political maelstrom at home, accused by congressional leaders - including fellow Republicans - of betraying loyal US allies the Kurds.
Syrian government forces, backed by Washington's adversaries Russia and Iran, have meanwhile taken advantage of the power vacuum left by retreating US troops to advance swiftly into the largest swath of territory previously outside their grasp.
Trump played down the crisis on Wednesday, saying the conflict was between Turkey and Syria and that it was "fine" for Russia to help its ally Damascus.
Sanctioning Turkey would be better than fighting in the region, he said.
Washington announced sanctions to punish Turkey on Monday, but Trump's critics said the steps, mainly a steel tariffs hike and a pause in trade talks, were too feeble to have an impact.
A day later US prosecutors' charges were unveiled against Turkey's majority state-owned Halkbank for taking part in a scheme to evade Iran sanctions.
Washington says the case is unrelated to politics. Halkbank denies wrongdoing and called the case part of the sanctions against Turkey.
A spokesman for Erdogan said Turkey's foreign ministry was preparing retaliatory sanctions.
Ibrahim Kalin said on Wednesday that US officials were clearly told Turkey would not declare a ceasefire in northern Syria and that it will not negotiate with Kurdish fighters.
Australian Associated Press