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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Turkey, Russia reach deal on Syrian Kurdish withdrawal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey and Russia have reached a deal in which Syrian Kurdish fighters will move 30 kilometers (18 miles) away from a border area in northeast Syria within 150 hours.
Speaking at a joint news conference today with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Erdogan says the 150-hour time period would begin at noon tomorrow.
Turkey and Russia would then conduct joint patrols, he says.
The agreement comes after the US-backed Syrian Kurdish-led forces withdrew from an area in northern Syria that Turkey demanded be cleared of Kurdish fighters.
— AP
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