Germany backs US plans for safe zone in Syria

[TomSea]

Germany backs US plans for safe zone in Syria
Kurdistan24

WASHINGTON DC (Kurdistan 24) – Germany confirmed on Friday that it supports the US plan to establish a security zone in northeastern Syria along the Turkish border to help maintain stability there, after the drawdown of US forces, which have been working with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to defeat the so-called Islamic State.

“We strongly welcome—we very much welcome—the fact that the United States has decided to continue its presence on the ground” in northeast Syria, German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, stated in a joint appearance with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Berlin.

The Americans “may have changed the way in which they are present, and the size in which they are present,” but we support them, he said.

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[Right_in_Virginia]

I suppose this is good news .... but I'm just about past the point of caring what the hell Germany thinks.