World update: June 14 2019

Stories from the Gulf of Oman, Europe, and more

MIDDLE EAST

TURKEY

Al-Monitor’s Metin Gurcan is reporting that the Turkish government was quite shaken by acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan’s recent letter detailing the penalties the US plans to impose on Turkey should it complete its acquisition of Russia’s S-400 air defense system. The letter apparently removed any last pretenses the Turks h…