Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin says Ankara-Moscow joint effort follows Monday's agreement between the two countries to establish a dimilitarised buffer in Idlib, Syria's last opposition stronghold.
A total of 6,036 civilians had been killed in war-torn Syria since January.
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a pro-zionist think tank, recently hosted an event where a terror suspect who escaped trial in Turkey was praised.
Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin criticised NY Times for their "blatant attempt" to "justify and whitewash PKK terrorism."
Turkey and the US have several shared interests, but the fact is that Turkey does not see itself as a 'junior partner' in the relationship anymore - and that means that when the US pushes, Turkey won't bend.
The Syrian regime and the US-backed YPG group appeared as enemies while avoiding conflicts during the country's civil war. Now both sides are holding talks that could lead to a partnership against Turkey-backed opposition groups in the north.
The flare up between the NATO allies revolves around American pastor Andrew Craig Brunson's case after he was arrested, charged and jailed in Turkey.
The SDF is largely made up of the YPG - the Syrian affiliate of the PKK terror group. But it still enjoys large huge US support.
The PKK-linked and YPG-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces has agreed with the Bashar al Assad regime to form joint committees for a road map leading to a "decentralised Syria," the group says.
Turkey’s foreign ministry official says patrols by Turkish and US troops continue and claims about the terror group's withdrawal are exaggerated.
One blast struck near Dowar Kawa al Hadad in the Afrin city centre, the other near the headquarters for Turkish forces on a road leading to a hospital, which left 20 others wounded.
Washington seems to have come to terms with Ankara on the removal of PKK's Syrian branch, the YPG, from Manbij by agreeing to patrols nearby. But it also cooperates closely with the terror group in the eastern parts of the Euphrates River.
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