YPG and regime authorities reach an agreement to deploy forces of the latter on the borders between Afrin and Turkey to stop the “Olive Branch” Operation

Aleppo province – the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from several sources that an agreement was reached between The YPG and the regime forces on deploying members of the regime forces on the borders between Afrin and Turkey, so as to prevent the Turkish operations inside Afrin and the “Olive Branch” operation which aims to control Afrin area and expel the Kurdish forces from the area, and reliable sources told the Syrian Observatory that the atalks are still ongoing between both parties on outstanding points including the administration of Afrin area and the presence of the Kurdish forces with all their weapons in the area.

The SOHR published in the past 72 hours that it learned that talks is still ongoing between the Russians and the YPG to reach an agreement on deploying border guards and civil police of the regime forces in Afrin area, which is being under Turkish attacks since the 20th of January 2018, within the “Olive Branch” Operation launched by Turkey to control the area of Afrin which is located in the northwestern part of Aleppo, where reliable sources stressed that the talks are still underway to reach a full agreement on the Russian demand to the Kurdish forces in Afrin city, which was reiterated today to end the Turkish attack on Afrin area.