ADThe agreement said Russia and the Syrian government, its ally, would start removing Kurdish militias from the border region beginning at noon Wednesday. That expanded on a previous agreement between the United States and Turkey, which had established a Turkish military zone along a narrower strip of the border. ADAfter the Kurdish militias had withdrawn, Turkey and Russia would begin joint patrols in the border region. The Erdogan government had earlier threatened to restart its military offensive if the Kurdish fighters did not fully withdraw from a predetermined area along Syria’s northern border with Turkey by Tuesday evening. “Russia controls these processes, and a lot depends on Moscow … What Turkey wants to achieve in Syria is impossible without agreements with Moscow.

Source: Washington Post October 22, 2019 12:41 UTC