Not to be confused with Turkish occupation of northern Syria, Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone, or Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019).
Northern Syria Buffer Zone
Syrian-Turkish border, Syria
Turkish and American soldiers provide security for a joint ground patrol in the Northern Syria Buffer Zone, 24 September 2019
Type
Demilitarised zone
Length
115 kilometres (71 mi)
Site information
Controlled by
Syrian Democratic Forces and SDF Military Councils (during existence)
Open to the public
No
Condition
No longer in effect, replaced with Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone
Site history
Built by
Syrian Democratic Forces
United States
Turkey
In use
16 August–9 October 2019
Events
Syrian Civil War
Part of a series on the Syrian civil war
Syrian peace process
History
Arab League initiative I
2011
Arab League initiative II
2011-12
Churkin peace plan
2012
Kofi Annan peace plan (Geneva I)
2012
Lakhdar Brahimi peace plan
2012
U.S.–Russia peace proposal (2013)
2013
Geneva II Mideast peace conference
2014
Staffan de Mistura peace plan
2015
Zabadani agreement
2015
Vienna talks
2015
Geneva III
2016
US-Russia ceasefire proposal (2016)
2016
Geneva IV
2017
Idlib demilitarization
2018
Northern Syria Buffer Zone
2019
Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone
2019
Syrian Constitutional Committee
2019
Primary concerns
Bashar Assad presidentship
Ba'athist government
Opposition government
Secularism in Syria
Human rights
Refugees
Humanitarian aid
Sectarianism
Secondary concerns
Electricity supply
Water supply
Control of oil
Situation in Aleppo
Siege of Madaya
International brokers
Peace envoy for Syria (United Nations)
UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian affairs
Arab League
Proposals
Federalization of Syria
Destruction of Chemical Weapons
Constitution amendment:
Constitution of Syria Constitution of Syrian Opposition Constitution of Rojava
Safe Zones
Projects
Friends of Syria Group
Free Syrian University
Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently
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The Northern Syria Buffer Zone (also known as the Safe Zone, Peace Corridor, or Security Mechanism) was a temporary Syrian Civil War demilitarized zone (DMZ) established on the Syrian side of the Syria–Turkey border in August 2019 to maintain security along the border and to dissuade a prospective Turkish invasion of the self-proclaimed Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.[1] The DMZ was administered by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and their military councils and enforced by United States Armed Forces and Turkish Armed Forces personnel.
The buffer zone collapsed in early October 2019, before it was fully implemented, when Turkey dismissed the agreement on 1 October and the United States abandoned the effort on 6 October after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces from northern Syria, allowing for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's planned ground incursion into the region. The subsequent Turkish offensive on 9 October rendered the buffer zone fully obsolete.[2]
The failed Turkish-U.S. arrangement was replaced on 22 October 2019 with the separate Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone, negotiated between Russia, Turkey and the Syrian government.
^Kurdistan24. "US and Turkey reach accord, but concerns of Syrian Kurds continue". Kurdistan24. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Pitarakis, Lefteris; Mroue, Bassem. "Turkey launches assault on Kurdish fighters in Syria, after US forces step aside". www.timesofisrael.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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