Joint Russian-Turkish patrol run in Syria’s Derbasiya
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday, Russian military police and Turkish forces conducted a joint patrol in the countryside of Syria’s Derbasiya, north of Hasakah.
The patrol set off from the village of Sherak, the crossing point of Turkish armored vehicles into Syrian territory, 13 kilometers west of Derbasiya.
The patrol consisted of five Russian and four Turkish armored vehicles, accompanied by two Russian helicopters, to secure the air cover for the patrol’s path. It roamed the villages to the west and south of the city before returning to its starting point in the village of Sherak, and the Turkish vehicles returned to Turkey.
Turkey signed a ceasefire agreement in the Russian city of Sochi in late 2019 during a Turkish military operation in northeast Syria. The agreement included the conducting of joint patrols, and this patrol is the 41st of its kind in the countryside of Derbasiya.