Turkey launched a broad assault on Kurdish-controlled areas on October 9, after US troops pulled back from the border and started withdrawing from the northeast altogether. The YPG is the dominant force in the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which control most of northeast Syria. You can find a detailed description of how we use your data in our By clicking on the "Accept & Close" button, you provide your explicit consent to the processing of your data to achieve the above goal.You can withdraw your consent using the method specified in the DAMASCUS (Sputnik) - The Syrian Army has surrounded the Turkish one in the border town of Ras al-Ain in north Syria, where Ankara has launched a military operation, and the Turkish forces are soon to withdraw from that area, member of the Syrian parliament, Jansit Kazan, said on Sunday.Earlier in the day, the Syrian state-run broadcaster said that the Turkish troops entered Ras al-Ain after the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had left it. The offensive is part of Ankara's goal to clear its Syria-facing border area of terrorists and Kurdish militia, which Ankara sees interchangeable, and create a safe zone where Turkey could relocate part of some 3.6 million Syrian refugees it currently hosts. “Mutassim put up resistance and small clashes happened which ended very soon due to the interference of the military police of the SNA with Turkish backing,” Omer Ozkizilcik told Al-Monitor. Are you sure you want to delete your Sputniknews.com account?Your account has been deleted! All rights reserved On Sunday, July 26, an explosion in Ras Al Ain (al-Hasakah Governorate) in northeastern Syria killed at least eight people and wounded a further 19. Users are obliged to speak respectfully to the other participants in the discussion, readers and individuals referenced in the posts.The websites’ administration has the right to delete comments made in languages ​​other than the language of the majority of the websites’ content.In all language versions of the sputniknews.com websites any comments posted can be edited.The administration has the right to block a user’s access to the page or delete a user’s account without notice if the user is in violation of these rules or if behavior indicating said violation is detected.Users can initiate the recovery of their account / unlock access by contacting the moderators at If the moderators deem it possible to restore the account / unlock access, it will be done.In the case of repeated violations of the rules above resulting in a second block of a user’s account, access cannot be restored.https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107703/61/1077036192_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_102aea16dc4d06eebaa08152d9ba8889.jpg.webphttps://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201910201077102685-turkish-army-surrounded-by-syrian-army-in-ras-al-ain-soon-to-leave-syrian-lawmaker/ Some local The Turkey-YPG conflict has displaced thousands, prompting concerns from Kurds that demographic change is taking place in the area. "So it remains to be seen what kind of level of SDF withdrawal we are going to see in these remaining areas between now and Tuesday evening, when the ceasefire ends. Elsewhere, Turkey's Syrian allies say they have seized strategically important roads … Laut der syrischen Beobachtungsstelle für Menschenrechte haben kurdische Milizen die Stadt Ras al-Ain zurückerobert. "So this [SDF withdrawal] must be a great relief for what we believe are at least a couple of hundred civilians that have been trapped in Ras al-Ain," Stratford said.Trump himself declared this week that Washington has no stake in defending the SDF - Erdogan on Sunday said he expected the US to keep its promises and not use stalling tactics over the agreement brokered between the NATO allies, warning Turkey would resume its military operation if the deal faltered. Syria Conflict. The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) took the city in 2013. The link to reset the password will be sent to your email address.