Turkey will find out via joint patrols with Russia whether Kurdish forces withdrew – Erdogan aide
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will establish through its joint patrols with Russia in northeast Syria whether the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia has withdrawn from the region, a top aide to President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. Earlier, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that armed Kurdish forces had withdrawn from the zone near Syria's northeastern border with Turkey faster than scheduled, the TASS news agency reported, as a 150-hour deadline set by Ankara and Moscow expired at 1500 GMT. "Turkey and Russia had set a 150-hour deadline for YPG terrorists to leave the safe zone.
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