MOSCOW. Sept 6 (Interfax) - A de-confliction zone has been created near the Syrian town of Tell Rifaat to prevent possible provocations and clashes between the Free Syrian Army and Kurds, Chief of the Russian General Staff's Main Operational Directorate Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi said.
"For the purpose of preventing provocations and possible clashes between units of the Free Syrian Army and the Kurdish militia, the Russian reconciliation center has helped create a de-confliction zone in the vicinity of Tell Rifaat," Rudskoi said.
"Syrian governmental forces took the place of Kurdish armed units, which left the area," he said.