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SME Times News Bureau | 15 Aug, 2019
The deputy commander of the US European Command was set to arrive in
Turkey to plan coordination with regards to the Turkish intervention in
northeastern Syria.
Turkey's Defence Ministry published a note on
Thursday informing of Lt. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty's visit to the
southeastern province of Sanliurfa, near the Turkish-Syrian border.
The
statement said both sides will discuss the mechanism to create a "safe
zone" in the north of Syria, which includes establishing a "joint
operations centre" in Sanliurfa.
In a previous note published
last week, the Turkish Ministry explained that both sides agreed on the
so-called safe zone, which "shall become a peace corridor".
The
agreement announced on August 7 was aimed to adopt some "initial
measures to address Turkey's security concerns", according to the note.
The
statement added that "any additional measures shall be taken for our
displaced Syrian brothers (refugees) to return to their country".
Turkey
intents to demarcate a military strip in the northeast of Syria along
the common border between the two countries to the east of the Euphrates
River.
That region is home to a predominantly Kurdish population and is dominated by People's Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish militias.
Turkey
considers YPG a terrorist organization because of its links with the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) that has active Kurdish militias in
Turkey.
For its part, Washington backs YPG considering it an ally
in the fight against the Islamic State terrorist organization, denying
Ankara's requests during the last two years to have a green light to
intervene militarily in the region.
Although an agreement has
been announced, no details have been revealed, including the width of
the safe zone which remains unknown.
Turkey had asked to control a
32-kilometre-wide strip, something that would be unacceptable to YPG
because it would put almost all of the Kurdish-inhabited areas under
Turkish rule.
The Turkish Defence Ministry announced on Wednesday
that it began to fly drones in the area without providing more details
or announcing the start date of those safe-zone measures.
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