The United States struck a ceasefire agreement with Turkey on Thursday that will...
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Special Representative for Syria James Jeffrey gestures during a meeting with delegations of Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Britain and the U.S. on Syria's situation at the UN Offices in Geneva, Switzerland September 12, 2019. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS
“There’s no doubt that the YPG wishes that they could stay in these areas,” U.S. Special Envoy to Syria James Jeffrey told pool reporters traveling with him. “It is our assessment that they have no military ability to hold onto these areas and therefore we thought that a ceasefire would be much better ... for trying to get some kind of control over this chaotic situation.”
Jeffrey said the United States and Turkey defined the safe zone as the areas where Turkey was now operating, down 30 km in a central part of Northeast Syria.
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