Tens of thousands of people died because a safe zone was not implemented quickly enough in northern Syria - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to the US
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump shake hands at the end of a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, US, November 13, 2019
On October 17, the US and Turkey came to an agreement to pause the operation to allow the withdrawal of terrorist YPG/PKK forces from the planned safe zone, where Ankara wants to repatriate millions of Syrian refugees it is currently hosting.Erdogan said that during the operation, Turkey secured the return of 365,000 Syrians to Jarablus, the northern border town that was cleared during the operation.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. Asked who should be responsible for repatriating Daesh fighters, Trump said he believes "Europe should be paying for it to a large extent." He said as of now, Turkey has "spent over 40 billion dollars on the cost" of repatriating Daesh members.
Washington has faced harsh backlash for trying to legitimise YPG terror group leader Ferhat Abdi Sahin.
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