safe zone

Turkey hosts 3.6 million refugees that have fled the eight-year war in Syria

Both the SOHR and SDF reported heavy clashes near the city of Tel Abad

Analysts call the scheme of a safe zone 'unrealistic'

As Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 missile system in July raised the prospect of US sanctions

Turkish president says could implement plans 'within a few weeks' to remove Kurdish YPG forces from Syrian border

Blames Syria's Kurds for the proposal

As Turkish and US officials agreed to establish a joint operations centre to oversee a safe zone

Four children were among the dead in the overnight strikes