Russia, Turkey reach deal to remove Kurdish YPG from Syria border | World News, The Indian Express

Russia, Turkey reach deal to remove Kurdish YPG from Syria border | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Sochi |Published: October 23, 2019 8:34:56 am

Russia, Turkey reach deal to remove Kurdish YPG from Syria border

The Russia-Turkey agreement struck in the Black Sea resort of Sochi endorses the return of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces to the border alongside Russian troops, replacing the Americans who had patrolled the region for years with their former Kurdish allies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after a joint news conference after their talks in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Turkish Presidential Press Service/Pool Photo via AP)

Syrian and Russian forces will deploy in northeast Syria to remove Kurdish YPG fighters and their weapons from the border with Turkey under a deal agreed on Tuesday which both Moscow and Ankara hailed as a triumph.