the UNITED states and Turkey have late Thursday evening Danish time discussed the circumstances ahead of the UNITED states’military withdrawal from Syria.
This was stated by The White House late Thursday night local time in a press release.
The us president, Donald Trump, in a telephone conversation, reached agreement with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to continue to coordinate the work in order to establish secure zone in Syria.
the UNITED states will, in conjunction with the military withdrawal let “a small peacekeeping group” of about 200 soldiers will be in Syria for a period of time.
It informs Sarah Sanders, a spokeswoman for The White House, in a press release immediately after the two presidents of the telephone conversation.
the Reports come ahead of a meeting between the UNITED states and Turkey in Washington this week.
Here will be the USA’s acting secretary of defense, Patrick Shanahan, and the chief of staff of the u.s. military, In Dunford, meet with their Turkish counterparts.
Trump surprised many when he declared victory over the Islamic State and announced that he would draw the about 2000 us soldiers out of Syria.
The two presidents shall, in the phone conversation to be agreed on, that the american withdrawal must not be obstructive for the two countries ‘ common goal. It writes the Turkish statsmedie Anadolu.
the Idea of a safe zone has been taken up, after Turkey threatened to launch an offensive against the kurdish YPG militia.
the Militia, which controls large parts of northeastern Syria, have cooperation with the UNITED states during the war in Syria and been a spearhead in the repression of the Islamic State.
Turkey considers, however, YPG as an extended arm of the country’s terrorstemplede archenemy of PPK, which for decades has fought for an independent kurdish state and greater autonomy for kurds in southeastern Turkey.