Russian military police conduct two patrols in Syria’s Derik, followed by two U.S. patrols

DERIK, Syria (North Press) – Russian military police conducted two patrols in the countryside of Derik, in the far northeast of Syria, on Wednesday, in conjunction with the arrival of two U.S. patrols in the same area.

A North Press correspondent said that a Russian patrol consisting of five armored vehicles roamed the villages near Qerechokh Mountain in the southeastern countryside of Derik, heading east to the village of Shukr Khaj, and then returned to the northern countryside bordering the Syrian-Turkish border.

Local sources from the villages of Kasan and Qasr al-Deeb told North Press that Russian forces conducted another patrol in the northern countryside of Derik and headed towards the west to the Alian area near Jil Agha area, east of Qamishli.

The two Russian patrols coincided with the arrival of two U.S. armored vehicles in the village of Hanawiya in the southeastern countryside of Derik, and then took the road taken by Russian patrol, but the two parties did not meet.

During the past weeks, the Russian military police stationed twice in the village of Qasr al-Deeb in the northern countryside of Derik, but they withdrew from it after protests by residents of the region over the Russian presence.

Earlier, on the 2nd of June, villagers in the countryside of the city of Derik, northeastern Syria, protested against the conduct of a patrol by Russian military police on the border which went from the city of Qamishli to the north of Derik.

Reporting by Solnar Muhammad