Russia, Turkey perform ‘Record’ Patrol in Northeastern Syria
Turkish and Russian forces administered a joint patrol for a record distance in northern Syria as a part of the understandings concluded between the 2 sides.
On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that its forces and their Turkish counterparts administered a joint patrol for over 100 km in northeastern Syria, into the al-Qamishli district of al-Hasakah.
Commander of the Russian forces convoy, brigadier Andrei Titov said the patrol started from the Sherik crossing.
“The uniqueness of this patrol is that the long distance of the route, because it included an outsized number of towns,” Titov added.
He stressed that the patrol happened in an orderly manner, and therefore the troops succeeded in performing their mission, which was welcomed by local residents.
According to RT, 60 soldiers and quite ten military vehicles participated within the patrol, amid helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Meanwhile, Turkey revealed that border guards detected a tunnel between northern Syria and Turkish territory.
The Turkish Defense Ministry announced during a statement Saturday that border guards in Hatay discovered the tunnel, and seized a generator, two hammer drills, a wheelbarrow, 300-meter cable, digger, shovel and battery utilized in the excavations.
Turkey accuses the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), the most important faction of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), of trying to destabilize it and threaten its security.
