Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Alexei Druzhinin/Press Service of the Russian President/TASS
Daily Mail: The Kurds 'capitulate': Fighters say they have left border zone hours before ceasefire ends as Vladimir Putin gives Turkey the go-ahead to carve out its 'safe zone' - while Bashar al-Assad brands Turkish leader a 'thief' during visit to the front line
* Vladimir Putin met with President Erdogan in Sochi on Tuesday to talk Syria
* Erdogan hailed their 'historic agreement' allowing his incursion to continue
* Putin claimed it was a momentous result for Syria without giving details
* Earlier Kurds moved out of the territory ahead of expiration of five-day ceasefire
* Putin has emerged as power-broker in the war-torn country after US withdrew
* Pair negotiated as Bashar al-Assad, one of Putin's allies, called Erdogan a 'thief'
Kurdish fighters said they had withdrawn hours before the expiration of a five-day ceasefire, in what had previously been described as a 'demand for capitulation,' as Russia gave Turkey the go-ahead to carve up northern Syria this afternoon.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he and Vladimir Putin had made an 'historic agreement' on Tuesday and it was confirmed Turkey's establishment of a 'safe zone' across the Syrian border could continue.
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