{"id":60359,"date":"2018-09-30T16:31:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T16:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/30\/turkey-accuses-us-of-failing-to-abide-by-deal-on-syrian-town\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:09:22","slug":"turkey-accuses-us-of-failing-to-abide-by-deal-on-syrian-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/30\/turkey-accuses-us-of-failing-to-abide-by-deal-on-syrian-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey accuses US of failing to abide by deal on Syrian town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 Turkey\u2019s president in remarks published Friday accused the United States of failing to abide by <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>a deal for a U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia to withdraw<\/a> from a town it had liberated from Islamic State militants in northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington and Ankara struck the deal in June to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/17\/us-forces-remain-near-manbij-isis-has-moved-on\/\" target=_blank>defuse tensions<\/a>. It calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/07\/syrian-kurdish-leader-no-turkish-or-allied-forces-in-manbij\/\" target=_blank>the militia to leave the strategic town of Manbij<\/a> and for joint Turkish-U.S. patrols there.<\/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\">Ankara considers the Kurdish People&#8217;s Protection Units or YPG militia a terror group that&#8217;s part of a Kurdish insurgency within Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the U.S. hasn\u2019t honored the agreed-on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/24\/turkey-promises-safe-zones-in-kurdish-held-parts-of-syria\/\" target=_blank>\u201croadmap\u201d for Manbij<\/a>. His comments were published in Hurriyet newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;America has not kept up with the roadmap and schedule for Manbij,&#8221; Erdogan said. &#8220;The (YPG) has not left the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18270404451457.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18270404451457.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18270404451457.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18270404451457.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turkey&#8217;s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to media after arrives at the airport Tegel for an official state visit in Germany at the capital Berlin, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Markus Schreiber\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the nearby province of Idlib, thousands of pro-Turkey protesters marched in the streets of towns and villages calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syrian opposition activists said al-Qaida-linked fighters prevented demonstrators from entering a key northwestern town controlled by extremists.<\/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\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/25\/the-white-house-just-revealed-massive-mission-creep-in-syria-heres-why\/\" 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\/3978211.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\">The White House has revealed massive mission creep in Syria. 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