Turkey, US fail to agree on Syria no-fly zone
Ankara and Washington have not reached an agreement on the creation of no-fly and buffer zones over Syrian territory, Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan said, Sputnik reports.
According to the Turkish leader, Turkey has already coordinated the creation of such zones with Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
“Turkey and the United States have not reached mutual consensus on the issue of no-fly and buffer zones [in Syria], Erdogan told NTV channel in an interview, adding that it is necessary to resolve these issues.
Turkey has been urging the United States for months to impose a no-fly zone over the border with Syria. Ankara seeks to establish such a zone to protect from government airstrikes Syrian opposition militias it intends to train, according to US media reports.