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Kurds reach deal with Damascus in face of Turkish offensive
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 13, 2019 06:58pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Bethan McKernan |
| News Date | Monday, October 14, 2019 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | More than 700 people with links to Islamic State have escaped from a detention camp in north-east Syria, as the Kurdish-led forces in control of the area reached a deal with the Assad regime to stave off a bloody five-day-old Turkish assault.
Kurdish fighters controlling the region would surrender the border towns of Manbij and Kobane to Damascus in a deal brokered by Russia, officials said on Sunday night.
Syrian state media said units from President Bashar al-Assad’s army were moving north to “confront Turkish aggression on Syrian territory”. Unconfirmed reports said the deal between the Kurds and the regime would be extended to apply to the whole of north-east Syria. |
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