Residents of Syria’s Kobani intercept Russian-Turkish joint patrol
KOBANI, Syria (North Press) – Residents of villages, east of Kobani, north Syria, intercepted, on Monday, a Russian-Turkish joint patrol two days after a Turkish drone targeted a house in the city of Kobani.
In the Turkish bombardment on Saturday, three people were killed and six others were wounded.
While the Russian-Turkish joint patrol was roaming villages, east of Kobani, resident threw stones at the Russian and Turkish vehicles expressing their rejection to the joint patrols.
The patrol, which consisted of eight Russian and Turkish military vehicles accompanied by two Russian helicopters, set out from the village of Gharib, 15 kilometers east of Kobani.
This is the 84th patrol between the two forces in the region since the signing of the Russian-Turkish ceasefire agreement in 2019.
The patrol roamed several villages in the eastern countryside of Kobani, and then returned to its starting point.
After that, the Turkish military vehicles returned to Turkey through the gate near Gharib village, while the Russian military vehicles returned to their position near the town of Sirrin, south of Kobani.
On December 20, the Russian Military Police (MP) conducted 83rd joint patrol with the Turkish forces in the western countryside of Kobani.