Turkey and Russia agree deal over buffer zone in northern Syria

ErdoAan hails agreement with Putin in which Kurdish fighters will be moved from border area

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip ErdoAan, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have agreed on the parameters of a proposed Turkish "safe zone" in Syria, a development that could bring an end to Ankara's offensive against Kurdish forces over the border by severely curtailing their control of the area.

The two leaders were locked in marathon talks for more than six hours in the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi, emerging just two hours before a five-day ceasefire brokered by the US expired at 10pm local time.