'What we’re working with Turkey is to have a safe zone [on the Syria border] ... where there would be no YPG forces because Turkey feels very nervous about the YPG and their ties to the PKK.” US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey
"We're working with Turkey to have a safe zone along the Turkish border," Syria envoy Jame Jeffery says.
"We’re looking for a solution that would meet everyone’s needs," James Jeffrey, who also serves as the special envoy for the anti-Daesh coalition, said at a news conference at the US Department of State. The YPG is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terrorist organisation. In its 30-year terror campaign against the Turkish state more than 40,000 people, including women and children, have been killed."We understand President [Donald] Trump has made that clear to President [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan," he said.
He mentioned that Daesh had between "35,000 and 100,000 fighters" that they are all in prison or dead or fled.He also told that a large percent of the total captured by the SDF are Iraqis or Syrian.
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