Joint patrol continues in Gire Spi
As part of the agreement between the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the International Coalition and Turkey, the border patrols at Gire Spi continue.
Since the early hours of the morning, joint border patrols of US and Turkish soldiers are taking place in the east of the northern Syrian border town Gire Spi (Tal Abyad). The patrols operate in an area that stretches over a length of 46 kilometers and a depth of six kilometers into the northern Syrian territory.
For almost a month, patrols of this kind have taken place in the border area between northern Syria and Turkey. They represent the outcome of talks between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Turkey and the US on the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria.
The SDF had previously announced in this context that the YPG and YPJ and heavy weapons would be withdrawn from the border strip and the control would be handed over to the local border guard units.
Despite the agreement, however, Turkey continues to threaten with military intervention in northern Syria. Only yesterday, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, during a visit to his German counterpart Horst Seehofer, called for support for the establishment of a much broader "safe zone" in northern Syria, in which Syrian refugees in Turkey are to be resettled.
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