Russia has deployed more troops in Syria to curb Turkey's advance on the Kurds

Russia has mobilized its forces to fill the void left by the departure of US troops, former allies of Syrian Kurds in their fight against the radical group Islamic State (EI), in the north-east of Syria.

The Syrian Kurds, who, in order to defend themselves against Turkey, were forced to neglect the security of the ISIS detention camps in the north-east of the country, requested the help of the Syrian president, Bashar al Assad, ally of Moscow.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its troops guarded the front lines of Manbij, formerly occupied by the United States, to prevent Turkish and Syrian soldiers from fighting it.

"No one is interested" in any fighting between Syrian government troops and Turkish forces, said the Russian envoy to Syria, Alexander Lavrentyev, in statements to Russian state news agencies.

"Russia will not allow it," Lavrentiev said, confirming that last week, Kurdish leaders had held talks with Syrian government officials at a Russian military base.

However, fighting broke out near Manbij, a city that Turkey has always wanted to take to the Kurds.

A Turkish soldier was killed and eight others wounded in a mortar attack, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced, adding that during a retaliatory attack, she had "neutralized" about 15 Kurdish fighters.

Further east, Kurdish fighters fought along the border in an attempt to regain control of the city. Ras al-Ayn, which was occupied by Turkey a few days ago.

CNN television reported that this morning Turkish bombings were directed at targets around Ras al-Ayn.

In this context, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced Tuesday that it has suspended most of its activities in northeastern Syria and evacuated its foreign staff due to the "extremely volatile" situation in the region.

"With great regret, MSF has made the difficult decision to suspend most of its activities and evacuate its international staff from northeastern Syria.We can not continue in the region until all parties to the conflict will not have been accepted and guaranteed, that we can work safely. ", The Emergency Relief Coordinator for Syria, Robert Onus, said in a statement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Kurdish fighters had regained control of the city, although Turkish media reported that fighting was continuing and that the army was repealing Kurdish infiltration attempts. Ras al Ayn.

While Russia and Syria are fighting alongside the Kurds, the United States is trying to limit the Turkish invasion by threatening sanctions.

The president of the United States, Donald Trump announced sanctions against Turkey and urged to end the offensive and declare a ceasefire while the European Union (EU) put in place a mechanism to extend the arms embargo imposed on his unpopular ally.

Washington also sent the vice president, Mike Penceand the National Security Advisor, Robert O. Brien, to negotiate an agreement with Ankara to promote a ceasefire that will end Turkish military operations against Kurdish militias in northern Syria.

"Mike is getting ready for a good trip, he will leave tomorrow," Trump said today, adding that Washington "is calling for a ceasefire."

However, the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Tuesday that a "ceasefire is not possible in Syria" until the Syrian-Kurdish militia evacuate the border area, according to the Turkish NTV channel quoted by Al Jazeera.

"They tell us to" declare a ceasefire. "We can never declare a ceasefire," said Erdogan. to reporters on a return flight from Azerbaijan, six days after Ankara launched an offensive to move the People's Protection Units (YPG), the main Kurdish militia of Syria, from its border.

Erdogan called on the international community to support his efforts to create a "safe zone" for the resettlement of millions of Syrian Arab refugees in northeastern Syria, which would change the demographic makeup of the region to the detriment of the Kurds.

Turkey has invaded the north of Syria control the border area and expel the Kurdish fighters, whom he regards as allies of the Turkish militia and the minority on his own territory.

The movement forced the Kurds to ally with Al Assad, at the risk of losing the autonomous government that has governed this Syrian region since – at the beginning of the war in Syria, in the fire of the Arab Spring – Damascus was forced to mobilize troops to fight rebels in other strategic areas of the country.