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Turkey: US Delegation Begins Work on Syria Safe Zone

Associated Press

   ISTANBUL - Turkey says a U.S. delegation has arrived in the country to
   set up a coordination center for a so-called "safe zone" in Syria, part
   of an agreement struck last week that appeared to avert a possible new
   Turkish incursion into Syria.

   Turkey's defense ministry tweeted Monday that six Americans arrived in
   the southeastern Sanliurfa province and said the center would be
   activated soon.

   Ankara seeks to push out U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish militias from
   border areas inside Syria, considering them terrorists aligned with a
   Kurdish insurgency in Turkey. These Syrian Kurdish forces are allied
   with the U.S., and had fought the Islamic State group in the area.

   Last week's agreement to set up the joint operations center did not
   specify if the region would be cleared of the Kurdish fighters.

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