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 with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday, Erdogan said, the 150-hour time period would begin at noon Wednesday.
Turkey and Russia would then conduct joint patrols, he said.
The agreement came after the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish-led forces withdrew from an area in northern Syria that
Turkey demanded be cleared of Kurdish fighters.
AP
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