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Erdogan says won’t allow US to delay Syria ‘safe zone’

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Turkey would not allow the US to delay the establishment of a 'safe zone' in northern Syria, in comments published yesterday. Ankara and Washington earlier this month agreed after difficult talks to set up a buffer zone between the Turkish bor

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Published 30 August 2019, 8:00 · Updated 21:28

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Erdogan says won’t allow US to delay Syria ‘safe zone’

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Turkey would not allow the US to delay the establishment of a ‘safe zone’ in northern Syria, in comments published yesterday.

Ankara and Washington earlier this month agreed after difficult talks to set up a buffer zone between the Turkish border and Syrian areas controlled by the US-backed Kurdish YPG militia.

The NATO allies agreed to set up a joint operations centre which Turkey said at the weekend was at full capacity.

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