"FSA" Controlled "ISIL Free Zone" Planned for N.Syria

[Hakan]

Turkey, US to create ‘ISIL-free zone’ inside Syria​

Turkey and the United States have agreed on a military action plan with the objective of clearing the Turkish-Syrian border of jihadist terrorists in what the two countries have called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-free zone.

This action plan was part of a comprehensive deal between the two allies which has been seen a “a game changer” in the fight against ISIL by the United States administration, whose warplanes will be able to use this region’s most strategic military base in İncirlik as part of its aerial campaign against jihadist positions.
The ISIL-free zone will be 98 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide and situated between the Mare-Jarablus line. A good portion of this area is currently under ISIL control, and Turkey already vowed it would not tolerate the jihadists posing a threat to the Turkish border.

Sources emphasized they have opted to call it the “ISIL-free zone” instead of a “security or safe zone” because the objections raised by Washington, who refrained from giving the wrong message to the Syrian regime, as well as Russia and Iran. The idea of the name is to show that the main objective of this Turkish-American joint fight is eliminating ISIL in this particular area and not fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The aerial campaign will be largely carried out by U.S. jets deployed to the İncirlik base and Turkish participation will be considered only when necessary, sources stressed. However, this aerial protection will not be classified as an effort to build a no-fly zone over Syrian airspace. Together with aerial strikes, Turkish long-range artillery units will also be used if necessary.

Turkey had already reinforced its military presence along the Turkish border, especially across the Mare-Jarablus line, after ISIL began to advance to northwestern Syria in a bid to threaten the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and to spark a fresh refugee influx towards Turkey.

FSA to control the emptied zone

The plan crafted by Ankara and Washington foresees the deployment of FSA units to this area if ISIL is completely cleared from that particular zone, which would both prevent the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) from further expanding its influence towards the West and create a safe environment for either sheltering Syrians fleeing violence or those who want to return to their homelands.

Turkey is currently hosting at least 1.8 million Syrians in its territories, with around 265,000 of them in refugee camps. There have been concerns ISIL’s drive through the populous Western parts of Syria could spark fresh refugee inflows into Turkey.

Turkey, US to create ‘ISIL-free zone’ inside Syria - DIPLOMACY

 

[Falcon29]

Please only report confirmed news, we have been seeing these rumors for too long.

 

[Menace2Society]

Syria is completely massacred. How is Assad still in power after all of this? Everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong.

 

[F-15I]

in my opinion the best way to win isis is to occupy their Turkish border and to control the whole north side of Syria
@Hakan what you think?

 

[black-hawk_101]

IRAN should make force with Iraq-Syria-Lebanon and even with Turkey to fight against ISIS by bombing them and fighting with a combine Army.

 

[Hakan]

in my opinion the best way to win isis is to occupy their Turkish border and to control the whole north side of Syria
@Hakan what you think?

I like the idea of using the U.S-Turkey train and equip program then using qualified and safe rebels to take over isis areas with coalition support.
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Buffer Zone-Secure Zone Confirmed by Foreign Minister. ISIS cleared areas will become a secure zone for refugees.

 

[500]

Would be nice if they create something like this:

from other thread:

News: Turkey to invade Syria, Deploy Ground troops. | Page 19

 

[Styx]

Assad will need to develop some barrel bomb artillery to beat the NATO no fly zone

should work good, unless the Israelis are planning to hand over some iron dome systems to the al qaeda wahhabi terrorists.

 

[Rukarl]

Assad will need to develop some barrel bomb artillery to beat the NATO no fly zone

should work good, unless the Israelis are planning to hand over some iron dome systems to the al qaeda wahhabi terrorists.

Assad should have ''Groznied'' whole islamist held territories like his father. He didn't and now he is paying the price.

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

Would be nice if they create something like this:

from other thread:

News: Turkey to invade Syria, Deploy Ground troops. | Page 19

Partial no-fly zone included in US-Turkey consensus: Turkish sources

Uğur Ergan - ANKARA
July/24/2015

A recent joint action consensus between Turkey and the United States, which includes the use of the İncirlik Airbase in southern Turkey in fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists, also covers a partial no-fly zone over the Turkey-Syria border, according to Turkish sources.

The 90-kilometer line between Syria’s Mare and Cerablus will be 40 to 50 kilometers deep, sources told daily Hürriyet, while elaborating on the consensus outlined by Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, following a cabinet meeting on July 22.

However, sources avoided saying whether such a zone would be broadened in the future.

This security line will prevent radical groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front from gaining the mentioned land.

U.S.-led coalition jets will provide security over the land “when needed,” carrying out “attacking or exploration” flights, sources said.

Jets belonging to Turkey, which is not a member of the coalition but lends support to the anti-ISIL fight, will also be allowed to take similar flights “when needed,” the sources added.

The coalition jets will be allowed to use the İncirlik NATO base and Turkish air field, they said.

In addition, an artillery backing by the Turkish military has also been considered. The consensus also covered permissions for jets from other countries which may possibly join the coalition in the future.

The use of the airfield will be coordinated with the Turkish army, sources said.

Following a final declaration of the agreement on the no-fly zone, the jets of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria will not be permitted within the zone, and those which violate this will be targeted.

The agreement did not directly target the Syrian-Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), but a counter move will be possible if the PYD and its armed force, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), threaten the Turkish border, namely bidding to change the demographic structure, according to sources. However, they said the U.S. would not take a direct stance against the PYD, which is now fighting against ISIL.

The coalition jets will also be able to use bases in the southeastern provinces of Batman, Diyarbakır and Malatya in cases of emergency.

Hurriyet Daily News

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