A car bomb killed at least 13 people in a Turkish-held border town in northeast Syria Saturday, as thousands of Kurds in the wider region protested against "Turkish occupation".

At least 13 dead in car bomb in Syrian border town

The Russian defence ministry said today that around 300 more Russian "military police" have arrived in Syria nearly a week after President Putin and Turkey President Erdogan concluded an agreement to bring hostilities to an end in northern Syria.

Military police have arrived in Syria to help Kurdish forces withdraw: Russia

Turkey and the US hope that by sweeping IS from Jarablus, they can deprive it of a smuggling route which long saw its ranks swollen

Turkish military, US-led coalition strike Islamic State to free Syrian border town