Three months after agreed safe zones in northern Syria still no concrete step taken


Devdiscourse News Desk | Ankara | Updated: 05-02-2019 16:39 IST | Created: 05-02-2019 15:44 IST
Three months after agreed safe zones in northern Syria still no concrete step taken
Erdogan also said that if terrorists are not removed from the northern town of Manbij in a few weeks, Turkey's waiting time will end. Image Credit: Flickr
  • Country:
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Turkey
  • United States

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he had not yet seen an acceptable plan for the creation of a safe zone in northeastern Syria, three weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested establishing the zone. "There is no satisfactory plan that is put before us concretely yet," Erdogan told a parliamentary meeting of his AK Party. "Of course we are loyal to our agreements, our promise is a promise. But our patience is not limitless."

Turkey wants the zone to be cleared of the U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG militia which Ankara considers a terrorist group. Erdogan also said that if terrorists are not removed from the northern town of Manbij in a few weeks, Turkey's waiting time will end.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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