The US and Turkey have reached a deal on Wednesday, according to both sides, which is intended to reduce the risk of Turkey invading northern Syria. The deal will establish an operations center for a “safe zone” in northern Syria.
The safe zone is intended to span 250 miles of northeastern border of Syria and Turkey, and will be carved more or less entirely out of Kurdish-held territory. The deal is meant to allow Syrian refugees to return through this “peace corridor.”
Deals on how wide the corridor will be is unclear, and it’s also not clear this is going to settle everything on the matter, though Turkish officials did say they believe the US is getting closer to their position.
US officials have promised to prevent a Turkish invasion of Syria. The Syrian Kurds have yet to comment broadly on the safe zone, and likely won’t until it’s clear how wide it would be.
How about calling this by its real name — returning those border towns and villages to the refugees that have bern kicked out of there by nice, US supported Kurds. Kurds and US wanted this border region in order to use Kurdish organizations in Turkey to smuggle everything from ISIS oil in plain daylight, to running arms supplies to anti-Assad groups all the way to Afrin to the West, and inland to Idlib, Aleppo, Hama, etc.
The entire smuggling operation was dismantled, and Turkey took over the control of the border — all except the Northwest. The return of refugees is the sticking issue — this will eliminate every control US has over the area adjoining Turkish border. Turkey is being patient at present — it can afford it. Many pueces still need to fall into place. Idlib, for example. Turkey will draw away many Idlib groups from Al-Qaeda by opening an opportunity for them to get their homes back.
There. Fixed the typos.
The Syrian government, of course, has no say in the matter.
That was my first thought also. Two foreign countries deciding what to do with a section of a sovereign country where they are not welcomed. Imagine Russia and China deciding what to do with 250 miles of our northwestern border.
none of these jokers, neither the US nor turkey, has any right whatsoever to be in Syria. nor to be setting up some fake safe zone.
Set it up yourself, Turkey, in your own f**king country. Erdogan is such a wanker.
kick them both out