Under that agreement, Turkish troops and their allied Syrian fighters stopped fighting for five days, on condition the Kurdish fighters holding the area withdraw. Since much of the border area is predominantly Kurdish, this has raised concerns of an attempt to alter the region’s demographics. Turkish forces and Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters moved in days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was withdrawing American forces. ADMeanwhile Russia, which often has advisers backing Syrian forces, has raised a Russian flag east of the Turkish-controlled town of Jarablus. Any still in the territory the Kurdish fighters are leaving are likely to follow suit.

Source: Washington Post October 21, 2019 17:48 UTC