Tensions between Washington and Ankara have flared over a presidential phone call that threatens to derail an offer to create a Syrian safe zone along the Turkish border. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that the US had agreed to a 30-km deep safe zone after meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
![Syrian-Kurdish refugees work near tents erected by the United Arab Emirate's Red Crescent as aid is distributed at the Qushtapa refugee camp, 15 kilometers South of Arbil. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6287083.jpg?itok=G_oHSXEk "Syrian-Kurdish refugees work near tents erected by the United Arab Emirate's Red Crescent as aid is distributed at the Qushtapa refugee camp, 15 kilometers South of Arbil. [AFP]")
