Northern Syria Buffer Zone (aka "Safe Zone", "Peace Corridor", "Security Mechanism") was a temporary Syrian Civil War demilitarized zone (DMZ) established on the Syrian side of the Syria–Turkey border in August 2019 to maintain security along the border and to dissuade a prospective Turkish invasion of the self-proclaimed Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The DMZ was administered by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and their military councils and enforced by United States Armed Forces and Turkish Armed Forces personnel. Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone (October 2019) The Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone, part of the Sochi Agreement (, ), is a buffer zone in northern Syria between the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). It was set up following a memorandum of understanding in the Russian city of Sochi on October 22, 2019, by the Russian and Turkish presidents during the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria. Most of the zone is controlled by the Syrian Army and Russian Military Police, and some by the TAF. See also Adana Agreement Humanitarian corridor Iraqi no-fly zones conflict Korean Demilitarized Zone No man's land Operation Deny Flight (Bosnia) Seam zone (Israel/Palestine) United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 (No-Fly Zone in 2011 Libyan Civil War) Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone References Syrian peace process Politics of Syria Syrian civil war Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war