Turkey agrees plan for 'Isis-free zone' along Syrian border

Landmark deal is diplomatic victory for Ankara, which has long demanded a safe haven in northern Syria as precondition to join fight against Isis

 Turkish soldiers patrol the Syrian border near Kilis, south-east Turkey, last week. Photograph: Deniz Toprak/EPA

Kareem Shaheen in Beirut and Constanze Letsch in Istanbul-Monday 27 July 2015
Turkey and the US have agreed on the outlines of a plan to drive Islamic State out of a strip of land along the Turkey-Syria border, according to reports, in a landmark deal that will draw Turkey further into Syria’s civil war and looks likely to increase the intensity of the US air war against Isis.

Turkey Agrees Plan for 'Isis-free Zone' Along Syrian Border by Thavam Ratna