“Syria categorically rejected the agreement announced by the US and Turkey to create the so-called“ safe zone ”, emphasizing that this constitutes a gross attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria,” the SANA quoted the Syrian authorities as saying.
On the eve it became known that Turkey and the United States agreed to establish a focal point for joint operations and the planned security zone in northern Syria.
In early August, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara intends to soon carry out an operation against militants in Syrian territory on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River.