(23 Oct 2019) Syrian government forces continued their deployment in eastern Syria on Wednesday.
Troops were seen setting up a checkpoint on the road, 25 kilometres west of Tel Tamr.
Government forces have been moving into eastern Syria at the request of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces after Turkey launched an assault on the area on 9 October.
On Tuesday the presidents of Turkey and Russia agreed a deal whereby the border zone between Syria and Turkey will be jointly patrolled by their forces.
Under the deal, Russian and Syrian government forces were to move to ensure that the fighters pull back 30 kilometres, about 20 miles, from the border as of noon on Wednesday.
The deal reached between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin allows Turkey to maintain control over areas it invaded this month in northeastern Syria.
Ankara launched the incursion against Syrian Kurdish fighters whom it considers terrorists, claiming they are linked to a Kurdish insurgency within Turkey.
The deal gives the Russian troops and the Syrian army control over the rest of the Syria-Turkey frontier.
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