Syrian regime forces moved towards the Turkish border Monday after Damascus reached a deal with beleaguered Kurdish forces following a U.S. withdrawal announcement, AFP correspondents reported. 

Soldiers waving Syrian flags deployed west of Tall Tamr, not far from the flashpoint border town of Ras al-Ain, which has been a key target of Turkish forces and their proxies since they launched their onslaught six days ago. 

Tel Tamer is on a strategically important highway, the M4, that runs east to west. Turkish forces said they had seized the highway on Sunday. Tel Tamer is 35 km (20 miles) southeast of Ras al Ain, one of the focal points of the Turkish assault. 

AFP correspondents said the government forces were met by cheering residents and Syrian state television aired footage of people welcoming the soldiers.  

According to a newspaper close to Syria, Syrian forces were also expected to deploy in the areas of Manbij and the border town of Kobane, further east.  

On October 9, Turkey launched a broad cross-border offensive on areas that were controlled by Kurdish forces it considers to be a terrorist organization.  

The move came after a pullback of U.S. troops from the border area effectively gave Ankara a green light to launch its long-prepared operation. 

Asked about Syrian Deployment to border, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged NATO allies to support Turkey's operation Peace Spring. 

He told reporters at an airport in Istanbul that foreign media organs used same tactic of misinformation, as always, on operation Peace Spring. 

Erdogan welcomed the announcement a day earlier by Washington that it was pulling out 1,000 troops from northern Syria. "This is a positive approach," he said. 

"When Manbij is evacuated, we will not go in there as Turkey. Our Arab brothers, who are the real owners, the tribes... will return there. Our approach is to ensure their return and security there," he said. 

He also welcomed Russia's "positive approach", saying Moscow did not appear to be putting any obstacles in the way of its offensive on another key town, Kobani.  

"There is a lot of gossip now, but it seems... there won't be any problem in Kobani with Russia's positive approach as of now," Erdogan said. 

The Turkish president again criticized Western allies who have come out strongly against the operation. France, Germany and Italy are among those who have suspended arms shipments to Turkey over the issue. 

"Who will you side with? With your NATO ally or terrorists? They cannot answer. It is not possible to understand the goal and reason of what they are doing," he said. "I am thinking -- is it because Turkey is the only country in NATO whose people are Muslim?" 

A top Syrian Kurdish official said a "preliminary military" deal with Damascus had been reached for government forces to enter border areas from the town of Manbij in the west to Derik, 400 km (250 miles) away in the northeast. 

Badran Jia Kurd said the deal is limited to the army's deployment along the border and the two sides will discuss political issues later. The Kurds have set up an autonomous administration in territory they control, while Assad aims to impose the rule of his government across all Syrian territory.