Kurdish-Led Forces Say They Have Pulled out of Syria Border Town

Smoke billows from fires in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, on Oct. 20, 2019. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo

BEIRUT/ANKARA—The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Sunday, Oct. 20 they had withdrawn from the border town of Ras al Ain under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal.

Ras al Ain is one of two towns on the Turkish-Syrian border that have been the main targets of Turkey’s offensive to push back Kurdish fighters and create a more than 30 km (about 20 miles) deep “safe zone” inside Syria.