Turkey, Russia reach deal on Syrian Kurdish withdrawal

Turkish 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

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands before their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, October 22, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool )

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