Turkey to form Syria "safe zone" whether YPG withdraw or not
"Turkey and Russia had set a 150-hour deadline for YPG terrorists to leave the safe zone. The time is up. We will establish (the safe zone), through joint patrols, whether or not the terrorists have actually withdrawn," Fahrettin Altun -- Turkey's communications director -- stressed in his comments [related to the latest political developments in the region] on Tuesday.
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 07:24 | 29 October 2019
- Modified Date: 07:24 | 29 October 2019
Turkey will establish a planned "safe zone" in northern Syria through joint patrols with Russia whether the YPG militants have withdrawn from the region or not, a top aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday.
Earlier, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that YPG militants had withdrawn from the zone near Syria's northeastern border with Turkey faster than scheduled, the TASS news agency reported, as a 150-hour deadline set by Ankara and Moscow expired at 1500 GMT.
"Turkey and Russia had set a 150-hour deadline for YPG terrorists to leave the safe zone. The time is up. We will establish (the safe zone), through joint patrols, whether or not the terrorists have actually withdrawn," said Fahrettin Altun, Turkey's communications director.
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