Paris: France on Friday said EU sanctions against Turkey over its offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria are "obviously on the table". Europe minister Amelie de Montchalin said potential reprisals over Turkey's incursion into Syria would be debated during a European Council meeting next week.

"You can imagine that we're not going to stay on our side of the table and say, 'Well you know, we recognise that things are complicated'," she said. Sweden's parliament has demanded an EU arms embargo, Reuters reported, while EU Council President Donald Tusk slammed Turkey for threatening to flood Europe with refugees.