At least 25 civilians have been killed on Tuesday by
the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on al-Qaeda-linked group Nusra Front
in Atmeh, a border town with Turkey north of Idlb province, activists
said.
Among the dead was a family of ten members, locals told Zaman al-Wasl.
U.S.-led raids have targeted Nusta Front twice in two weeks, an escalation followed Nusra's position that refuses Turkish "Safe Zone" and expelling ISIS fron the border.
On Monday, Nusra had withdrawn from frontline positions against ISIS north of Aleppo and ceded them to other rebels, leaving an area where Turkey wants to establish a buffer zone, Reuters said.
A Nusra Front statement dated Sunday criticized a Turkish-U.S. plan to drive Islamic State from the Syrian-Turkish border area, saying the aim was to serve "Turkey's national security" rather than the fight against President Bashar al-Assad.
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, Anadolu agency reported.
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 ISIS militant group.
Sinirlioglu did not elaborate on which Syrian rebel fighters would be tasked with guarding the zone.
More than 230,000 Syrians have lost their lives in Syrian conflict that erupted in March 2011.
Among the dead was a family of ten members, locals told Zaman al-Wasl.
U.S.-led raids have targeted Nusta Front twice in two weeks, an escalation followed Nusra's position that refuses Turkish "Safe Zone" and expelling ISIS fron the border.
On Monday, Nusra had withdrawn from frontline positions against ISIS north of Aleppo and ceded them to other rebels, leaving an area where Turkey wants to establish a buffer zone, Reuters said.
A Nusra Front statement dated Sunday criticized a Turkish-U.S. plan to drive Islamic State from the Syrian-Turkish border area, saying the aim was to serve "Turkey's national security" rather than the fight against President Bashar al-Assad.
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, Anadolu agency reported.
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 ISIS militant group.
Sinirlioglu did not elaborate on which Syrian rebel fighters would be tasked with guarding the zone.
More than 230,000 Syrians have lost their lives in Syrian conflict that erupted in March 2011.
Zaman Al Wasl
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