The United States and Turkey on 17 October reached an agreement on a 120-hour ceasefire in northeasterrn Syria to allow for the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters.
As the five-day ceasefire came to an end, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached a deal late on Tuesday to pull the Kurdish fighters back and establish joint patrols in the operation zone in northeastern Syria along the Turkish border.
On 9 October, Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring in northeastern Syria to clear the area of Kurdish militia seeking autonomy.
