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Turks skeptical over accord with US for Syrian 'safe zone'

Many Turks fear that Turkey will be left in the lurch again with the new safe-zone agreement, as it was with the Manbij road map.
U.S. and Turkish soldiers discuss details during the first-ever combined joint patrol in Manbij, Syria, November 1, 2018. Picture taken November 1, 2018. Courtesy Arnada Jones/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS  ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1659329F10

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is trying to present the agreement arrived at with the United States on Aug. 7 for a “safe zone” in northern Syria as a “very good beginning.”

Not everyone is convinced though, even if the pro-government press is trying to convince the public that Ankara scored a diplomat coup with this accord.

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