Fifth, while Pence agreed that the heavy arms of the Kurds would be re-collected, now the Kurdish forces can take them along when they withdraw. . ... After acknowledging the deal arranged by Putin: . Assad also said Trump's decision to keep a small number of U.S. troops in the..…

On one hand, Putin acknowledges the need to assuage Edrogan’s anxieties about Kurdish militias along Syria’s border with Turkey. ... Kurdish YPG fighters, March 2018. (Kurdishstruggle/Flickr) . . Interim Step in Long Process . ..…

Erdoğan’s plan was further ratified when he and Vladimir Putin jointly issued commands for the removal and disarmament of the SDF from border areas, including Kurdish majority cities such as Kobanî. . . . . Beyond facilitating Erdoğan’s dreams of a Neo-Ottoman caliphate, Trump has..…

The deal, sealed on Tuesday by Presidents Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin, requires that Russian military police and Syrian border guards remove all Kurdish YPG militia from within km of Turkish border by next Tuesday.. ..…

Abdi, in turn, reportedly thanked Moscow and Putin for “saving the Kurdish people” and securing a ceasefire. ..…

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a joint news conference on the situation in Syria following their meeting in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 22, 2019. ... Some 800 Kurdish fighters and 136 vehicles of the YPG have quit the safe zone, while 1,200-1,300..…

Earlier in the day, Putin and Erdogan signed memorandum of understanding, stating that Kurdish forces must withdraw from Turkish-ruled zone in northeast Syria within 150 hours, after. ..…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday threatened to resume Turkey’s military offensive in Syria “with greater determination” unless the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters is completed under a U.S.-brokered deal, as he headed to talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. . . . ..…

In international news, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan met one another hours before ceasefire between Turkey and Syrian Kurdish fighters was set to expire. Putin and Erdogan filling the vacuum created by departing US troops after Trump decided to..…

Putin-Erdogan meeting takes place at the end of the ceasefire negotiated between the US and Turkey for Kurdish forces to retreat from security zone along Syrian- Turkish border.. ... Putin therefore finds in situation to that of President Donald Trump at the outset of Turkish..…

Erdogan said he had also asked Putin what would happen if the Syrian Kurdish fighters donned Syrian army uniforms and remained in the border area. Putin responded by saying that he would not let that happen, Erdogan said. . ..…

DEBKAfile’s sources have learned that Putin warned Erdogan that if the Turkish army attacked the Syrian forces which arrived to defend Kurdish districts against a Turkish onslaught, the Russian air force would intervene.   . ..…

So far, Erdogan is concentrating on seizing Syrian-Arab towns and is in phone talks with Russian, Vladimir Putin, negotiating the future of majority- Kurdish areas.. ..…

Erdoğan's Syrian security zone is designed into which most of Syrian refugees at present Turkey could be settled while Rojava and YPG would be obliterated, like during Turkish-led 2018 in the Kurdish- Syrian enclave of Afrin. Erdoğan has Putin's backing and has announced the operation..…

Trump shouts to Turkish President Erdoğan 'I'm warning [you] not to harm the Kurds' and sends windup Kurdish soldier saying across the 'Turkish border' (Arabi21.com, January 15, 2019) . . 'Mission Accomplished' – Trump abandons 'Syria' as Putin and Assad wave goodbye from atop the ruins..…

Two weeks later, Bolton corrected that policy, saying troops would leave after the last remnants of the Islamic State were defeated if Turkey guaranteed that it would not strike America's Kurdish allies. Since October, he has met with Russia's, Putin, Moscow Brazil's, Jair Bolsonaro, Rio..…

Speaking at the start of his meeting with Putin, President Erdogan said there was still uncertainty over Washington's plan to remove troops stationed with Kurdish forces Syria. ... #BREAKING# Putin# Erdogan tête-à-tête in the last year.. Both Iran and Russia have been key..…

More recently, Syria, U.S government has partnered with Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces, significant nonstate in region dominated by Turkey, U.S and NATO ally nonetheless that is opposed to Kurdish self-determination.. Russian support of nonstate actors is also common practice and part..…

Both US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Erdogan due warning that they would not tolerate Turkish of Syria and its takeover of Kurdish regions ruled by the US-backed Syrian Defense Forces, the bulk of. ..…

Russia was unable or unwilling to override a Turkish veto of the PYD participation in January 2017 peace talks in the Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, during which both the representatives of the opposition and of the regime rejected any Kurdish autonomy. . The rapprochement between the Turkish and..…

Earlier in October, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Daesh was expanding its presence in the Syrian regions controlled by Washington and its allied Kurdish militants, revealing that the Takfiri terror outfit had managed to take hundreds of people hostage in those areas. . ..…

Allowing Syria Democratic Forces, group of Kurdish and Arab fighters, to stay in the buffer zone wo not sit well with al-Assad or Putin. ..…

Erdogan patched up his differences with Putin after Turkey had shot down a Russian jet in late 2015 before launching two major military offensives into northern Syria to push back Kurdish forces from the Turkish border and prevent the emergence of contiguous territory under Kurdish control. . It..…

This month, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin, also expressed frustration about the lack of “meaningful communication” between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. . Afrin, the alleged home of the Russian troops in Kurdish-held northern Syria, is of one of three cantons..…

“We are contemplating this and will try to implement it,” he said of cooperation with other militias on the ground, calling for the Kurdish forces, in particular, to work with Assad. ... Putin has made previous positive statements regarding both the Iraqi and Syrian Kurdish..…