The Donald Trump administration has asked European allies to participate in a safe zone to protect the US-backed Syrian Kurds, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Why it matters: At face value, the rumored plan appears to be a win for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The group’s political wing sent a delegation to Washington this week in an effort to lobby the US administration to slow down the withdrawal of 2,200 US troops and stop the creation of a Turkish-run safe zone.

“We know what this safe zone will look like. A year ago Turkey invaded the SDF-controlled and majority Kurdish region of Afrin in northwest Syria along the Turkish border,” the Syrian Democratic Council — the SDF’s political wing — wrote in talking points seen by Al-Monitor. “Turkey and its jihadist allies displaced the Kurdish civilians, destroyed Yazidi temples and resorted to ethnic cleansing,” wrote the council.

Looks can be deceiving: But the US plan doesn’t have any hard commitments so far. No European countries have agreed to send troops. Foreign Policy reported last week that the United States is also considering leaving open the Al-Tanf base that interdicts an Iranian supply line into Syria, leaving the impression that the administration has a lot of options left to sort through. But those plans could also be subject to a challenge from Democrats in Congress who have sought a new legal justification from the White House on wars in the Middle East.