Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says Turkey's military will set up 12 observations posts along the border in northern Syria if a planned safe zone is established.
Speaking to foreign journalists in Istanbul on Friday, Erdoğan said the safe zone would be 32 kilometers (20 miles) deep and 444 kilometers (275 miles) wide, stretching from the city of Manbij to the Iraqi border.
"Region between Tal Abyad, Ras al-Ayn cleared of YPG/PKK terrorists. Withdrawal of terrorists underway," Turkish leader told reporters.
"The safe zone we have expressed is not just between Ayn Al-Arab and Tel Abyad," he said.
The Turkish leader also told reporters that 195 out of some 750 Daesh militants, who were set free by YPG militants, have been re-captured.
"Turkey will try 150 Daesh terrorists who are Turkish. Will France, Germany, Netherlands accept to take back, and try remaining 500 Daesh terrorists released by YPG/PKK in Syria," Erdoğan said in his comments as calling on some EU countries to take initiative in the matter of the captured foreign Daesh fighters.
Asked to comment on the allegations about the crimes committed by the members of Syrian National Army [SNA], Erdoğan said the Turkish army and intelligence service were investigating them.
