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Syria Kurds Reject proposed “safe zone” under Turkey Control

Middle East Monitor 01/18/2019

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The Kurds in Syria yesterday rejected a US proposal to establish a 20 mile safe zone on the Syrian-Turkish border under Turkey’s control.

Kurdish leader Aldar Khalil instead proposed that the UN deploy peacekeeping troops along the separation line between Turkish and Kurdish fighters, saying:

    “Other options cannot be accepted because they infringe on the sovereignty of Syria and the sovereignty of our autonomous region. Turkey is not independent and not neutral, and that means that it is a party to this conflict.”

Also speaking yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on the United States to hand over the areas from which US troops will withdraw in northern Syria, handing them over to the Syrian army.

Lavrov explained: “We believe that the only and best solution is to transfer these areas to the Syrian government’s control.” He added that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the establishment of a safe zone and the situation in Idlib, near Aleppo in the north of Syria, during a meeting soon to be held in Russia.

Erdogan stressed on Tuesday that if a decision was taken to establish a safe zone in northern Syria, it should be made in cooperation with Turkey and coalition countries, led by the United States.

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Via Middle East Monitor

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Filed Under: Kurds, Syria, Turkey, US Foreign Policy

About the Author

Middle East Monitor is a not-for-profit press monitoring organization, founded on 1 July 2009, and based in London. Journalists who have written for it include Amelia Smith, Diana Alghoul, Ben White, Jehan Alfarra and Jessica Purkiss. The editorial line straddles the British left and the British Muslim religious Right.

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