US, Turkey to set up join operations center in northern Syria

Turkey and the United States have agreed to establish a joint operation center to manage the tensions between Kurdish and Turkish forces in northern Syria, Ankara said Wednesday.

A statement from the Turkish defense ministry says the two sides had agreed to “implement without delay the first measures aimed at eliminating Turkey’s concerns. In that framework, to quickly create in Turkey a joint operation center to coordinate and manage the implementation of the safe zone with the US.”

— AFP