Prom turkeys defense minister says a joint control center with the United States is now operational in Northern Syria as part of a plan to create a socalled safe so the 2 sides held months of talks over the size of the zone and who would control it from a smith thats more from an talkie on the turkey syria border. The turkish and u. S. Military have been discussing for a long time now what exactly a safe zone along the turkish syria border would comprise of how deep into syrian territory would go whether it would be joint patrols with the u. S. And turkish troops or just the u. S. Troops patrolling on their own the Turkish Defense minister believes that at least the opening of this joint Operations Center is a significant step on the way to getting the safe zone up and running one of the. Most this is a joint Operation Center has been established fear they continue the work the 1st drone flew on august 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both