US forces withdrew yesterday from the largest military bases in northern Syria, following Washington's recent decision to withdraw about a thousand troops from that area, and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), yesterday, completely withdrew from the border town of Ras al-Ain. US President Donald Trump said the truce sought by Washington in northeastern Syria was "holding."

In detail, Trump tweeted on Twitter that Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the ceasefire was holding, noting that limited confrontations had taken place but ended quickly, and that the Kurds were redeploying to new areas.

In turn, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed optimism about the situation in Syria, in an interview with the channel «ABC» yesterday, and said: «There are relatively few battles. "Sporadic shelling with small arms and mortars."

According to Agence France-Presse that more than seventy armored vehicles and military vehicle flying the US flag crossed the city of Tal Tamr in the province of al-Hasakah, while helicopters accompanied by helicopters flying in the air. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, that the convoy evacuated Srin airport, which was taken by US forces base about 30 kilometers south of the city of Kobani (Ain Arab).

The base is located on the edge of a buffer zone Turkey is seeking to establish in northeastern Syria, where Ankara and pro-Syrian factions have launched an offensive since the ninth of this month against Kurdish fighters, and was able to control the border strip along 120 km.

Five days after the attack began, Washington announced on October 14 that about 1,000 US troops in the region had been ordered to withdraw. Washington began implementing its decision to withdraw troops from border points with Turkey, seen as a green light for Ankara to begin its offensive. International condemnation and displacement of more than 300 thousand people.

US forces withdrew last week from three other bases, including one in the city of Manbij and another near Kobani. , As well as the al-Tanf base to the south.

For his part, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said yesterday that all US troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq, according to the current plan, and told reporters accompanying him on a military plane en route to the Middle East, that the army will continue its operations to fight ISIS »The terrorist, to prevent his return to the region, explaining that the United States does not rule out the idea of ​​carrying out counter-terrorism operations in Syria from inside Iraq, and details will be worked on over time.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday that his country would discuss with Russia the removal of the YPG militants from the northern cities of Manbij and Kobani during talks in Sochi this week.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Sochi tomorrow for emergency talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. In an interview with Canal 7, Ihsanoglu said Turkey expects the YPG to be evacuated from areas where Moscow-backed Syrian government forces have deployed in the north. Syria, he added: «Turkey does not want to see any Kurdish gunman in the safe area of ​​Syria after the five-day truce».

Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told AFP that Turkey has no intention of occupying the border area. “We are sticking to the ceasefire agreement, which provides for the departure of Kurdish fighters within five days, and we have asked our American colleagues to use "Their influence and relations to ensure that the fighters will leave without incident."

The Turkish Defense Ministry announced that «a Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded yesterday, after an attack launched by the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units in Tel Abyad in northeastern Syria, despite the ceasefire agreement», according to a ministry statement also confirmed that the attack targeted Turkish soldiers on a reconnaissance mission And observe in White Hill.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar stressed that there is no chemical weapons in the stores of the Turkish armed forces, adding in a speech during a visit to the secondary school where he studied in Kayseri, that «Turkish forces do not have this type of weapon, and will eliminate any threat "It affects the security of the border and the safety of citizens living in the areas near the Syrian border." The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew yesterday from the border town of Ras al-Ain, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in implementation of the Turkish-American agreement. ISIS from inside al-Houl camp east of al-Hasakah city, without clarifying the agency where they are being transported, while a convoy of ambulances and trucks carrying fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) left the besieged city of Ras al-Ain from Turkish forces and loyal Syrian factions. Press »that at least fifty cars, including cars An ambulance left a hospital in the city, and flames escalated from the hospital shortly after the convoy began.

- One Turkish soldier killed and another wounded in Tal Abyad, and Ankara says it has no chemical weapons.

- Pompeo expresses optimism about the situation in Syria, and stresses that the battles are relatively few.