{"id":57823,"date":"2019-10-22T20:08:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T20:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/22\/russia-turkey-seal-power-in-northeast-syria-with-accord-after-american-troops-withdraw\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:05:27","slug":"russia-turkey-seal-power-in-northeast-syria-with-accord-after-american-troops-withdraw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/22\/russia-turkey-seal-power-in-northeast-syria-with-accord-after-american-troops-withdraw\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia, Turkey seal power in northeast Syria with accord after American troops withdraw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 The leaders of Russia and Turkey announced an agreement Turkey for their two countries\u2019 forces to jointly patrol almost the entire northeastern Syrian border after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters. The deal would seal the two countries\u2019 power in Syria,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/15\/russian-and-syrian-troops-fill-void-as-us-pulls-troops-out-of-manbij-syria\/\" target=_blank> filling the void left by departing American troops <\/a>after President Donald Trump abruptly ordered their withdrawal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement came as Kurdish fighters completed their pullout from a section of the Syrian-Turkish border as required by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/20\/clashes-with-turkish-backed-forces-amid-efforts-for-kurd-pullout-from-syria-border-town\/\" target=_blank>a U.S.-brokered cease-fire <\/a>that was set to expire Tuesday night. Together the arrangements transform the map of northeast Syria, leaving Turkey in sole control over one section in the middle of the border, while Turkey, Russia and the Syrian government will have hands in the rest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deployments replace American soldiers who for five years battled alongside Kurdish-led fighters and succeeded in bringing down the rule of the Islamic State group across a third of Syria at the cost of thousands of Kurdish fighters\u2019 lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American pullout has proven chaotic and stumbling. It ran into a new hitch when neighboring Iraq said Tuesday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/10\/22\/iraq-american-troops-leaving-syria-cannot-stay-in-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\">American forces did not have permission to stay on its territory<\/a>. The Iraqi announcement seemed to contradict U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who a day earlier said the forces leaving Syria would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/20\/pentagon-chief-says-american-troops-leaving-syria-for-western-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\">deploy in Iraq to fight the Islamic State group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/21\/us-military-convoy-withdrawing-from-syria-pelted-with-garbage-by-angry-residents\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19294446291083.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US military convoy withdrawing from Syria pelted with garbage by angry residents<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Departing U.S. troops from Syria just cross the border into Iraq Monday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey announced their agreement after six hours of talks and poring over maps of Syria at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/21\/high-stakes-for-putin-erdogan-summit-on-northeast-syria\/\" target=_blank>the Black Sea resort of Sochi<\/a>. Under the 10-point deal, Kurdish fighters would have 150 hours starting at noon Wednesday \u2014 meaning, until next Tuesday at 6 p.m. \u2014 to withdraw from the border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian and Syrian government forces would move into that area immediately to ensure the Kurdish fighters pull back 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border. Then at the end of the 150 hours, Russian-Turkish patrols would begin along a 10-kilometer (6-mile) wide strip of the border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exception would be the region around the town of Qamishli at the far eastern end of the border, which has some of the densest Kurdish population. Russian and Turkish officials did not immediately say what the arrangement would be around Qamishli. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe that this agreement will start a new era toward Syria\u2019s lasting stability and it being cleared of terrorism. I hope that this agreement is beneficial to our countries and to our brothers in Syria,\u201d Erdogan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey will keep control of the section in the center of the border that it captured in its invasion that began Oct. 9. That is the territory that Kurdish fighters withdrew from under the U.S.-brokered cease-fire. It extends roughly 120 kilometers (75 miles) wide and 30 kilometers (20 miles) deep between the Syrian border towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/14\/the-end-of-an-era-60000-strong-us-trained-sdf-partner-force-crumbles-in-a-week-under-heavy-turkish-assault\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1068995098.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The end of an era: 60,000 strong US-trained SDF partner force crumbles in a week under heavy Turkish assault<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S.-trained force has been abandoned by its American partners and is under sustained assault by Turkish forces and their ragtag crew of proxy fighters \u2014 some who have reportedly fought under ISIS and al-Qaida banners.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior Kurdish official, Redur Khalil, confirmed his forces had entirely left that area. But he said Turkish troops and their allies were continuing military operations in northeastern Syria outside that withdrawal zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kurdish-led forces notified the White House of the completed withdrawal in a letter, a senior Trump administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the contents of the letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the U.S. announced its pullout earlier this month, Turkey launched its invasion, saying it wanted to carve out a safe zone cleared of Kurdish fighters whom it considers terrorists. Turkey also plans to settle many of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees on its soil in that zone, which is the heartland of Syria\u2019s Kurdish minority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the Kurds, a Turkish takeover would mean the crushing of the self-rule they have carved out in the northeast amid Syria\u2019s civil war. They also fear massive demographic change, as Kurdish civilians flee Turkish control and mainly Arab Syrian refugees move in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new agreement aims to ease those fears by giving Russia and its ally, the Syrian government, control over much of the area, with the Turkish patrols limited to closer to the border. That may prevent a massive flight of civilians but would be a heavy blow to Kurdish autonomy dreams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1869\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19295380047245.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad\" class=\"wp-image-95410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19295380047245.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19295380047245.jpg.jpg?resize=300,187 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19295380047245.jpg.jpg?resize=768,478 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19295380047245.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,638 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19295380047245.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,957 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19295380047245.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1276 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Syrian President Bashar Assad, center right, speaks with Syrian troops during his visit to the strategic town of Habeet, in the northwestern province of Idlib, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russia-Turkey deal goes a considerable way to restoring the control of Moscow\u2019s ally, the Syrian government, across much of the northeast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syrian President Bashar Assad has vowed to reunite all the territory under Damascus\u2019 rule. On Tuesday, Assad said he was ready to support any \u201cpopular resistance\u201d against Turkey\u2019s invasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erdogan is \u201ca thief,\u201d Assad told troops during a visit to the northwestern province of Idlib. \u201cHe stole the factories and the wheat and the oil in cooperation with Daesh (the Islamic State group) and now is stealing the land.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are in the middle of a battle and the right thing to do is to rally efforts to lessen the damages from the invasion and to expel the invader sooner or later,\u201d Assad said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assad\u2019s visit to Idlib underlined Damascus\u2019 goal of regaining the border. Idlib is adjacent to a border enclave that Turkey captured several years ago in another incursion. Turkey also has observation points inside Idlib, negotiated with Russia, to monitor a cease-fire there between the government and opposition fighters and jihadi groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said his government had offered clemency to Kurdish fighters \u2014 whom it considers separatists \u2014 to \u201censure that everyone is ready to resist the aggression\u201d and fight the Turkish assault. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syrian state media reported, meanwhile, that government forces entered new areas in Hassakeh province at the far eastern end of the border, under the arrangement with the Kurds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Isachenkov reported from Moscow. Associated Press writers Elena Becatoros in Istanbul, Kirsten Grieshaber in Berlin and Sarah El Deeb in Beirut contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leaders of Russia and Turkey announced an agreement Turkey for their two countries\u2019 forces to jointly patrol almost the entire northeastern Syrian border after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters. 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