Turkish sources reported that there is an American offer to keep the members of the Kurdish units 30 km away from the Syrian-Turkish border in exchange for Turkey’s retraction of its decision to launch a military operation against them. This comes at a time when Turkish media confirmed that its authorities warned civilians not to approach the border gates for seven days.
Abdulkadir Selvi, a writer in Hurriyet newspaper close to the Turkish government, quoted informed sources as saying that the United States made an offer to Ankara to stop the military escalation in exchange for dispelling security concerns.