Turkey and Russia have agreed on what they called a “historic” deal aimed at keeping Kurdish forces away from Syria’s border with Turkey.
Turkey this month launched an offensive to drive out the Kurdish forces from their southern frontier and create a buffer zone.
Hours after the deal was announced Turkey said there was no need to re-launch its offensive, which was on hold due to a ceasefire, as Kurdish fighters had withdrawn from the Turkish “safe zone”.
Turkey and Russia will now conduct joint patrols on the border.
