ISTANBUL — Turkey and the United States appear to have sidestepped a confrontation over northeast Syria by agreeing to jointly establish a buffer zone after protracted negotiations had inflamed tensions, prompting Ankara to threaten to invade an area where US troops are present.
Details on the agreement, including the main sticking points of the zone’s size and which military force will command it, were scant in statements from the Turkish Defense Ministry and US Embassy in Ankara released late on Wednesday.