Moscow, Ankara Agree on Turkish Forces’ Withdrawal from Tal Tamr in Syria

An SDF commander, who called for anonymity, told the Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper that the agreement took the initiative from Washington on regions where the Syrian army is deployed.

Based on the agreement, all sides should leave Tal Tamr in a way that the Turkish army and affiliated militants will leave the region towards Ras al-Ein and the SDF will be stationed near the village of al-Soudeh between Tal Tamr and Ras al-Ein to pave the ground for the Syrian army’s control over the region.

The Kurdish source said that the agreement will be implemented within two days after stopping clashes near Tal Tamar based on which the Turkish forces should leave the villages under their control in Northern Tal Tamr.

Earlier this month, the Syrian Army reinforced its military positions in the Northern and Northeastern countryside of Hasaka, including Tal Tamr, in order to confront any possible aggression by Turkish occupying forces and also to protect locals from the attacks by Ankara troops.

In Tal Tamr, the army units fortified their military positions to confront Turkish Army attacks as other army units boosted their positions in an area extending 60 kilometers from al-Aghibish village (West of Tal Tamr) to al-Wasitah village South of Aliyah silos.

The Syrian Army units strengthened their positions in Um al-Kaif village Northwest of Tal Tamr and Khashm Zarkan village North of the town and Mjeibert Zarkan village in the Northeastern part on the Tal Tamr-Qamishli Road, field sources in the Northern and Northeastern part of Tal Tamr were quoted as saying by the Arab-language media outlets.