President of Turkey: No U.S. - Turkish Agreement To Enforce A 'No Fly Zone' Over Syria

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Hurriyet News: No Turkish-US agreement on no-fly zone, but Ankara in line with Gulf: Erdoğan

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have agreed on the necessity to enforce a safe zone and a no-fly zone in Syria despite the absence of such an agreement with the US administration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.

However, Turkey and the United States “have not reached a mutual agreement on a no-fly zone and safe haven,” Erdoğan said in a televised interview late on May 26, noting that steps should be taken to rectify the matter.

“The agreement between Turkey and the US on training and equipping the moderate Syrian opposition has started,” the president said but added that differences still remained between Ankara and Washington about Syria.

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WNU Editor: It looks like the U.S. backed away at the last moment from this agreement. However .... Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have agreed on the necessity to enforce a safe zone and a no-fly zone in Syria .... but details on how they will implement such a no-fly zone were not released.