On 22 October, Turkey and Russia agreed the total stop of Turkish military operations in northern Syria. The deal will allow Russia and the Syrian regime to “facilitate the removal” of Kurdish YPG fighters from the border areas. Ankara will control a 32km-wide stretch that extends 120km along the Turkish-Syrian border. The US President Donald Trump has announced the lift of US sanctions established earlier this month, which included halting negotiations for a trade deal and targeted sanctions on senior Turkish officials, including the defence and energy ministries. Trump has taken credit for the end of the military operations and has celebrated what he has called a “permanent” ceasefire, considering it as an extension of the ceasefire agreed by US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He also confirmed that a small number of US troops will remain in Syria to secure the oil fields. On 23 October, the European Parliament held a plenary debate where the MEPs criticized the Turkish military operation in Syria and called the Council to establish targeted sanctions that do not affect the population as well as an arms embargo, and even suggested, to cancel the customs union as a last resort.