Syria safe zones: what is driving the unexpected rapprochement between the US and Turkey?

After years of rising tensions between Turkey and the US over the situation in northern Syria, an unexpected rapprochement has pulled the two countries back from possible conflict.

Syria safe zones: what is driving the unexpected rapprochement between the US and Turkey?
Sat, 31 Aug, 2019 - 12:54
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Syria safe zones: what is driving the unexpected rapprochement between the US and Turkey?

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