DAMASCUS, Oct 28 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian government welcomes withdrawal of Kurdish forces from the Syrian-Turkish border, saying, this will strip Turkey of its pretext to attack northern Syrian areas, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ministry said, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pulled back 30 km from the Syrian-Turkish border, in coordination with the Syrian army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Syrian government will work to embrace its citizens and reintegrate them into the Syrian society, to achieve a national unity of Syria and its people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in the day, the SDF began withdrawing from the Syrian-Turkish border, as part of a recent Russian-Turkish understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Head of the media office of the SDF was cited by Russia Today TV as saying, the SDF withdrawal from the border comes after Russia made guarantees to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said, the Syrian forces will be deployed on all the Syrian-Turkish border, adding, Russia is playing the role of a mediator between the Syrian government and the Kurdish administration in northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Oct 9, Turkey launched an operation to clear the Kurdish militia from northern Syria in the east of the Euphrates river, to eliminate what Turkey perceives as a threat to its border security, impose a safe zone and resettle millions of Syrian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Oct 13, the Kurdish-led administration said, the Syrian army will deploy along the border with Turkey in an agreement with the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria, to help repel a Turkish offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States reached a deal with Turkey on Oct 17, imposing a five-day cease-fire, to allow the Kurdish forces to pull back from the planned safe zone that Turkey wants to create in northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Oct 22, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, held a meeting in Sochi, Russia, agreeing on the parameters of the proposed Turkish safe zone in northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deal stipulates that the Kurdish militia of the SDF and its broader umbrella of the People’s Protection Units will pull back 30 km south of Turkey’s border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joint patrols by Turkish and Russian forces will cover the area, according to the deal.– NNN-SANA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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