CORRECTED-Syrian army to deploy along Turkish border in deal with Kurdish-led forces

The Syrian army will deploy along the entire length of the border with Turkey in an agreement with the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria to help repel a Turkish offensive, the Kurdish-led administration said on Sunday.

The army deployment would support the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in countering "this aggression and liberating the areas that the Turkish army and mercenaries had entered", it said, in reference to Turkey-backed Syrian rebels. It would also allow for the liberation of other Syrian cities occupied by the Turkish army such as Afrin, the statement said.

 

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