(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Turkish diplomatic sources cited Tuesday a senior Turkish diplomat telling journalists that Turkey and the United States will provide aerial cover and support for Syrian opposition forces that would protect a "safe zone" to be established on the Syrian border.
Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu told journalists that Syrian opposition forces would control and protect a safe zone in an area which he said would be cleared off the Daesh militant group.
Sinirlioglu did not elaborate on which Syrian rebel fighters would be tasked with guarding the zone.
The conflict in Syria started in March 2011 when the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regime responded to anti-government protests with a violent crackdown.
More than 230,000 people have been killed and nearly half of the country's population has been displaced since then, according to the UN.
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