Turkey outlined Monday its plans for a 120-kilometre "safe zone" in
Syria on the eve of a key withdrawal deadline, as President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the West of "standing by terrorists".
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Turkish military source said Kurdish fighters should initially withdraw from the area between Tal Abyad, captured by Turkish forces at the start of the offensive, and Ras al-Ain, under a US-brokered agreement that expires Tuesday night.
Turkey has warned that if this does not happen it will resume its offensive against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which it began after the US announced it was pulling out troops from the area.