11 minutes agoTurkey, Russia strike deal to remove Kurdish YPG from Syria border
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Syrian and Russian forces will be deployed in northern Syria to oust the JPG Kurdish fighters and their weapons from the border with Turkey on the basis of a deal agreed on Tuesday, which Moscow and Ankara hailed as a triumph. Hours after the agreement was announced, the Turkish Ministry [...]
Hours after the agreement was announced, the Turkish Defence Ministry said the United States had told Turkey that the withdrawal of Kurdish militants was complete from Ankara's “secure area” in northern Syria, Kosovo reports.
“At this stage there was no need to launch another operation outside the current operating zone”, the ministry said in a statement, effectively completing its military offensive that had begun on 9 October.
The agreement follows a US-brokered ceasefire that expired Tuesday and highlights the staggering changes in Syria since US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of US troops two weeks before Turkey's cross-border offensive against Kurdish fighters, Reuters writes.
The Russia-Turkey agreement reached in Shochi approves the return of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces to the border along with Russian troops, replacing Americans who had patrolled the region for years with their former allies.
