Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 , 18:41 AFP — Russia and Turkey agreed on Tuesday to ensure Kurdish forces withdraw from areas close to Syria's border with Turkey and to launch joint patrols, in a deal hailed as "historic" by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 , 18:27 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday hailed "a historic agreement" with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to push back Syrian Kurdish fighters from a safe zone along the border, after hours of talks between the two leaders over the conflict in Syria.

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 , 17:52 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed "a historic agreement" with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after hours of talks between the two leaders over the conflict in Syria.

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 , 17:32 AFP —

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 , 17:00 AFP — Syria's Kurds have withdrawn all their forces from a strip of land bordering Turkey in compliance with a US-brokered truce deal to stem a Turkish assault, a top Kurdish official said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 , 16:54 AFP — The United States will lift recently imposed sanctions on Turkey after Tuesday's deadline for Kurdish fighters to withdraw from a Syrian safe zone if Ankara respects the ceasefire, a US official said.

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 , 16:40 AFP — The United States will lift recently imposed sanctions on Turkey after Tuesday's deadline for Kurdish fighters to withdraw from a Syrian safe zone if Ankara respects the ceasefire, a US official said.

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 , 16:16 AFP — Syria's Kurds have withdrawn all their forces from a land strip bordering Turkey in compliance with a US-brokered truce deal to stem a Turkish assault, a top Kurdish official said.

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 , 16:02 AFP —

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 , 16:00 AFP — Syrian Kurd fighters told the United States on Tuesday they have fully withdrawn from a safe zone under an agreement with Turkey ahead of a deadline, a US official said.