The Turkish leader expressed Ankara's determination to clear the east of Euphrates in Syria from YPG and ISIL fighters [Turkish Presidency/Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu]
Al Jazeera: Erdogan: Turkey expects Syria 'safe zone' within months
Erdogan says Turkey will form buffer zone along Syria border on its own if logistical support not given by allies.
Turkey expects a "safe zone" to be set up in Syria along the Turkish border within a few months, otherwise, it will establish the buffer alone, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
Erdogan previously said he and US President Donald Trump had discussed setting up a 32km security zone in Syria along the border, after Trump's decision to withdraw all 2,000 US troops from Syria. The technical aspects of the zone were still being discussed.
"We expect the promise of a security zone - a buffer zone aimed at protecting our country from terrorists - to be fulfilled in a few months," Erdogan told a televised rally on Friday, referring to the Syrian Kurdish militia that controls the area along the border and is deemed a terror group by Ankara.
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WNU Editor: He expects the establishment a Syria safe zone in a few months?!?!?! This is a major pull-back from last month when he was declaring that the Turkish Army was going to storm into Syria to annihilate the Kurds.
