MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : BRIEFING US AMBASSADOR JEFFREY ON SYRIA / THE US AND A SAFE ZONE IN SYRIA

 

In the briefing, Jeffrey also described the three strategic US goals in Syria, the first of which is “the enduring defeat of ISIS and its allies.”

The second objective is “the withdrawal of all Iranian-commanded forces, including Lebanese Hezbollah,” and the third is a peaceful resolution of Syria’s civil war, in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2254.

The safe zone would run from the Euphrates River to the Iraqi border, Jeffrey said. It “would involve a withdrawal of the YPG, which is the core military focus of the SDF, some distance back from the border,” he continued.

It would also involve “the destruction of military fortifications” in that area and “a withdrawal of heavy weapons even further back,” Jeffrey added.

Finally, it would involve the “monitoring of the situation there by the US and Turkey.”

Those are the “basic set of principles” and “everybody that we deal with is agreed” on them, is how Jeffrey summarized the discussions.

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