Security expert: Today s agreement shows the extent of attention received for "SDF" in the United States
Washington – Hadeel Oweis – North-Press Agency
Nicholas Harris, the researcher at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), told North-Press that after the Istanbul elections, Turkish president Erdogan faced a political threat from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and he needed to show a firm desire to get rid of the threat that the Turkish people see from the flow of millions of refugees from Syria to Turkey.
Therefore, the United States has decided to proceed with a gradual process that would give a restricted presence in some areas east of Euphrates to Turkey to resettle the refugees in return for the United States to ensure that the SDF would be protected of being targeted.
Regarding the Turkish-American agreement, Harris said: “The United States has never exerted all this effort and time to try to fend off an attack on a group that does not represent a state, and after more than half a century of the close American alliance with Turkey, the United States intervenes beside another non-governmental party, not Turkey”.
“This is the amount of attention and respect that the SDF receives from the U.S. side,” he added.
After three days of U.S.-Turkish talks in Ankara to avoid the clash, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara has issued a statement explaining that Turkey and the United States have reached an agreement to establish a “safe corridor” and a joint operations center to manage the planned area in northeastern Syria on the borders with Turkey.
The statement did not give much details regarding the “safe corridor”, but would be a center to ensure the return of Syrian refugees to their country.
The statement also noted that the headquarters of the joint operating room will be in Turkey and will be established as soon as possible.