Erdoğan says Turkey expects US to keep promises, not stall Syria truce deal

Turkey expects the United States to keep its promises and not use stalling tactics in a deal between the NATO allies for Ankara to pause its operation into northeastern Syria while YPG terrorists it is targeting withdraw, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.

Ankara and Washington agreed on Thursday to a five-day truce in northeastern Syria to allow the PKK/YPG terror group to withdraw from a "safe zone" that Turkey aims to establish. Erdogan has said the operation will resume if the withdrawal is not complete within the five days.

Speaking at an event in Istanbul, Erdogan said he had told the European Union countries and the U.S. delegation with which he struck the deal that Turkey would resume the operation if the deal faltered.