BEIRUT (AP) — Pro-Syrian government forces will begin entering the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin in the country’s northwest “within hours,” after reaching an agreement with the Kurdish militia in control of the region, Syrian state media said Monday.
The official news agency SANA said the forces will deploy in Afrin to “bolster” local forces in confronting Turkish “aggression,” suggesting the Syrian government and Kurdish fighters have struck a deal under which the government forces would help repel an ongoing Turkish offensive on the enclave
As of 1:00AM CDT there was not deal yet. There was agreement on some things in common, but the terms that Assad (and Iran) required were not at all acceptable. For past 10 days Russia has been very silent. (loss of 100+ largely Russian “contractors”)