2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement

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The 2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement was a Russia–Turkey-brokered deal intended to avert a large-scale Syrian government offensive on the rebel-held Idlib province by creating a buffer zone and withdrawing heavy weapons and extremist groups.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ceasefire agreement
demilitarized zone arrangement
international agreement
alsoKnownAs 2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement
surface form: Idlib buffer zone deal

2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement
surface form: Russia–Turkey Idlib agreement

2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement
surface form: Sochi agreement on Idlib
appliesToTerritory Idlib Governorate
parts of Aleppo Governorate
parts of Hama Governorate
parts of Latakia Governorate
bufferZoneWidth 15–20 kilometres
conflictContext Syrian Civil War
surface form: Syrian civil war
consequence postponement of a full-scale Syrian government assault on Idlib in late 2018
dateSigned 2018-09-17
followedBy 2020 Moscow ceasefire agreement on Idlib
guarantorState Russia
Turkey
hasEffectOn displacement of civilians in northwestern Syria
humanitarian situation in Idlib
involvesGroup Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
National Front for Liberation
involvesOrganization Russian Armed Forces
Syrian Arab Army
Armed Forces of Turkey
surface form: Turkish Armed Forces
languageOfDocument Arabic
Russian
Turkish
legalNature bilateral memorandum of understanding
mediatedBy Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Vladimir Putin
negotiatedBy Government of the Russian Federation
surface form: Russian government

Government of Turkey
surface form: Turkish government
partyToConflict Syrian government
Syrian opposition
surface form: Syrian opposition factions in Idlib
placeSigned Sochi
primaryGoal to avert a large-scale Syrian government offensive on Idlib
to establish a demilitarized buffer zone around Idlib
to separate Syrian government forces and opposition forces
relatedProcess Astana peace talks
surface form: Astana peace process
relatedTo de-escalation zones in Syria
requiredAction joint Russian–Turkish patrols in the demilitarized zone
removal of radical extremist groups from the buffer zone
withdrawal of heavy weapons from the buffer zone
signatory Russia
Turkey
status partially implemented
repeatedly violated
typeOfMeasure buffer zone arrangement
de-escalation measure

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Syrian Civil War hasCeasefireAttempt 2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement
2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement alsoKnownAs 2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement
this entity surface form: Idlib buffer zone deal
2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement alsoKnownAs 2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement
this entity surface form: Russia–Turkey Idlib agreement
2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement alsoKnownAs 2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement
this entity surface form: Sochi agreement on Idlib