A US-brokered cease-fire was announced late Thursday, giving Kurdish forces until Tuesday evening to withdraw from a buffer area Ankara wants to create on Syrian territory along its southern frontier. Dozens of fighters in military attire left on pickups, passing by checkpoints manned by Ankara-allied Syrian fighters, he said. A week ago, the Pentagon said Trump had ordered up to 1,000 troops out of northern Syria. More than 250 SDF fighters and 190 pro-Ankara combatants have lost their lives, it says. International observers have warned that Turkey’s incursion could force Kurdish fighters to redeploy from prisons and camps where they are guarding thousands of suspected Daesh fighters and family members, making way for jailbreaks.

Source: Ethiopian News October 20, 2019 21:33 UTC