by A senior Turkish military official denied that Turkey and the U.S. reached a "loose" agreement to stop fighting between Turkish forces and YPG-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
"We are not aware of such an agreement. If the U.S. announced such a thing that means they are trying to present terrorist organizations as formal parties as if we deal with them" the Turkish official said. Turkey says the SDF is largely controlled by the YPG -- the armed units of the PYD-- which is functioning as Syrian branch for internationally-designated terrorist organization the PKK.
Turkish officials say they don't recognize the SDF as a legitimate counterpart either. "We believe the U.S. officials slammed them to stop firing at us. Now they try to propagate this as a ceasefire," the official added.
Earlier on Tuesday, a U.S. defense official told AFP that US received assurance that all parties involved are going to stop shooting each other and focus on DAESH.
However, Turkey says its operations in Syria's Jarablus and beyond are depending on how YPG forces would behave. A Turkish Foreign Ministry statement said that Turkey expects YPG forces to retreat to eastern side of the river Euphrates and stated that U.S. officials statements on Turkey's intentions were 'unacceptable'.
Somebody is lying. Just with 350 soldiers Turkish army got back Jarablus, took down DAESH flag on our border in a few days with no support from the ten or eleven alliance against terrorism in that region.
Interesting article, battlefield in Syria is really like a carnival place. I wonder how many died as a result of friendly fire, one month ally turning into enemy on another.
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