syria. at the same time, there have been three such deals in the last year alone brokered by russia, iran or turkey they have all failed leading to other offensives and massive blood letting. it is still to be seen how this plays outs. on the ground there is optimism. 7,000 residents of idlib returning to the towns and villages from which they left. both syrians government and its opposition have welcomed the deal but at the same time the government has vowed it intends to retake all of syria and won't stop until it has. the agreement was made on monday between president putin and president erdogan they agreed the buffer would be established by october the 15th and it would be 9 to 12 miles deep with the aim of separating syrian forces and the rebels. and the other conditions are that all radical fighters have to leave the buffer zone as well as take all heavy weaponry with them. therein lies another problem who is going to police that and tell them to leave and where do they go? that will be the sticking point in the days if not