Monday, December 1, 2014

No plan agreed for buffer zone along Syria-Turkey border (Pentagon)

The U.S. is actively discussing a range of proposals with Turkey over border security with Syria, including a possible no-fly zone or safe area, and officials are not ready to implement a specific plan, a State Department spokeswoman said on Monday.

Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said there were still differences with Ankara over how to secure the border with Syria. The Pentagon earlier played down an idea of creating a buffer zone along the border, which would safeguard opposition forces and refugees.

"There has been an ongoing discussion about a range of proposals that Turkey has put forward, and they have taken many forms, ... but we continue to have differences and haven't made a decision about a specific course of implementation," Psaki told reporters at a daily briefing. 

 [jpost.com by Reuters]
1/12/14
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  1. US plays down idea of safe zone along Syria-Turkey border...

    The United States on Dec. 1 played down the idea of creating a buffer zone along the Syria-Turkish border after a media report cited it as a possible concession to Turkey in return for use of bases to launch attacks on Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in Syria.

    Representatives at the White House, U.S. State Department and the Pentagon all said U.S. officials were considering a range of proposals with Turkey over security near its border with Syria but were not ready to implement a specific plan.

    "Right now, we don't believe a buffer zone is the best way to relieve the humanitarian crisis there in northern Syria," Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters..................http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-plays-down-idea-of-safe-zone-along-syria-turkey-border.aspx?pageID=238&nID=75086&NewsCatID=359
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