Wary foes Turkey and Syria hold covert contacts to avoid conflict
Further west, however, Syrian and Russian forces have already deployed in the border towns of Manbij and Kobani, which are both located within Turkey's designated "safe zone."
Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Ras al Ain, as seen from the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, Turkey on Wednesday.(photo credit: REUTERS/MURAD SEZER)ByREUTERS
