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Syria Buffer Zone Offered by the US to Cool Turkey's ReactionTensions between Washington and Ankara have flared over a presidential phone call that threatens to derail an offer to create a Syrian safe zone along the Turkish border. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that the U.S. had agreed to a 30-km deep safe zone after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.The offer was one of several gestures from the Americans to calm tensions after Turkey launched an offensive into Syria that targeted Kurdish militias supported by the U.S. However, the lack of trust was again displayed when Turkey disputed the White House version of a phone call between Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday.Read more at: https://www.albawaba.com/news/syria-buffer-zone-offered-us-cool-turkeys-reaction-1079948
