A new Russian-Turkish patrol is operating on the northern Syrian border

ARK News: Today, Thursday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the start of the fifteenth joint Turkish-Russian patrol on the Syrian-Turkish border.

Moscow – Sputnik. A statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense in this regard stated: "The fifteenth joint patrol of the Russian military police and the Turkish armed forces began its work at 10:00 on December 12, in the border areas located several dozen kilometers west of the city of Qamishlo, And the Russian helicopters carried out the air patrols. "

Patrols are carried out with the use of Tiger armored vehicles and BTR-80 armored personnel carriers of the Russian military police and Kirby armored vehicles of the Turkish Border Guard. In total, the patrol includes eight units of military equipment and about 50 military personnel from both countries. The Ministry of Defense added that the real-time control of the patrolling movement is guaranteed by the "Orlan-10" drone of the Russian military police.

It is noteworthy that, on October 22, 2019, Russia and Turkey signed a Memorandum of Understanding of 10 items on conducting joint patrols inside the Syrian territories, east, and west of the military operation area, with the exception of the city of Qamishlo. After the withdrawal of the "Kurdish units".

The Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, stated earlier that the process of withdrawing the Kurdish factions was completed before the scheduled date. After that, the joint Russian-Turkish patrols began carrying out the tasks according to the agreement.

Source: MBS News

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