{"id":47851,"date":"2018-09-24T20:46:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T20:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/24\/turkey-promises-safe-zones-in-kurdish-held-parts-of-syria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:50:06","slug":"turkey-promises-safe-zones-in-kurdish-held-parts-of-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/24\/turkey-promises-safe-zones-in-kurdish-held-parts-of-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey promises \u2018safe zones\u2019 in Kurdish-held parts of Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISTANBUL \u2014 Turkey said Sunday it would take steps to create \u201csafe zones\u201d across northern Syria, including in areas held by Syrian Kurdish fighters who are allied with the United States but who Ankara views as terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking in New York ahead of the U.N. General Assembly, vowed to clear the region of the Kurdish fighters, who Turkey says are linked to the long-running insurgency in its restive southeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;God willing, in the upcoming period, we will increase safe zones within Syria, also encompassing eastern Euphrates,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/23\/turkey-says-it-will-patrol-manbij-in-syrias-north-with-us-forces\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4689684.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Turkey says it will patrol northern Syria town of Manbij with US forces<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Turkey will soon conduct joint patrols with U.S. forces in the strategic northern Syrian town of Manbij, once a stronghold of the Islamic State group, a top Turkish official said on Friday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erdogan vowed that northern Syria would not be a &#8220;terror corridor,&#8221; citing Turkish incursions in 2016 and 2018 to the west of the Euphrates River. Those were aimed at pushing Islamic State militants as well as the Kurdish fighters away from the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkish troops fought alongside Syrian opposition forces, and later set up local governance in the areas they retook. Erdogan says Turkish and allied forces have brought stability to the area, allowing children to return to schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey has periodically threatened to expand its military operations into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/07\/26\/us-and-turkish-troops-coordinate-patrols-in-tense-manbij-region-of-syria\/\" target=_blank>Kurdish-held areas<\/a> further east, where U.S. troops patrol alongside the Kurdish fighters. The Kurds played a key role in driving ISIS out of large parts of northern and eastern Syria with the help of U.S.-led airstrikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/18\/syrias-government-and-opposition-welcome-idlib-demilitarized-zone-deal-struck-by-turkey-and-russia\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1035309402.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Syria\u2019s government and opposition welcome Idlib demilitarized zone deal struck by Turkey and Russia<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Syria welcomed Tuesday the Turkey-Russia deal declaring a demilitarized zone around Idlib province but vowed to keep up its campaign against \u201cterrorism,\u201d either through military action or reconciliation deals with the opposition.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erdogan recently reached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/17\/russia-turkey-to-create-demilitarized-zone-for-syrias-idlib\/\" target=_blank>an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> to pause a Syrian government offensive on the northern province of Idlib, the last major stronghold of the Syrian opposition. The details on the implementation of the agreement remain vague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erdogan is not expected to meet with President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the U.N. meeting, as relations remain strained over a number of issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey said Sunday it would take steps to create \u201csafe zones\u201d across northern Syria, including in areas held by Syrian Kurdish fighters who are allied with the United States but who Ankara views as 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