As Anadolu emphasizes with reference to the head of state, during the operation “an area of ​​1.5 thousand square meters was saved. km. "

Earlier, Turkey and the United States agreed to suspend the "Source of Peace" military operation in northeastern Syria to allow Kurdish forces to withdraw.

Syrian Kurds later accused Turkey of violating the ceasefire. Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied the allegations.

On October 19, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that the Kurds were violating the truce.