Russia and Turkey have completed their fourth joint patrol in Syria's north-east, at the border with Turkey, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th November, 2019) Russia and Turkey have completed their fourth joint patrol in Syria's north-east, at the border with Turkey, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
"The fourth joint patrol of the Russian military police and the Turkish border service has completed joint patrolling of a new area at the Syrian-Turkish border in Syria's north-east. The joint patrol, which started from the crossing point in the settlement of Sheyrek, has completed an almost 80-kilometer [49-mile] route in around two hours, and has completed its work, having returned to the starting point," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Around 50 servicemen, driving armored vehicles, took part in the operation, supervised by Russia's Orlan-10 drone.
The patrol was conducted within the memorandum on stabilizing the situation in Syria's north-east in light of Ankara's offensive against the Kurdish militia, signed on October 22.
