[NPASyria] Russian Military Police (MP) conducted on Monday a joint patrol with the Ottoman Turkish forces in the western countryside of Kobani in northern Syria.
This is the 140th joint patrol between the two forces in the region since the signing of the Russian-Ottoman Turkish ceasefire agreement in northeast Syria.
In October 2019, following the so-called Ottoman Turkish military operation "Peace Spring" in areas of northeast Syria which resulted in the occupation of Tel Abyad, north of Raqqa, and Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) north of Hasakah, the Ottoman Turkish president signed two ceasefire agreements, one with Russia and the other with the US.
The ceasefire agreements stipulating halt of all hostilities there and the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) 30 kilometers in depth away from the Ottoman Turkish border in addition to conducting joint patrols with Russia in order to monitor the implementation of the agreements.
The patrol, which consisted of eight Russian and Ottoman Turkish military vehicles accompanied by two Russian helicopters, set off from the village of Ashma, 20 km west of Kobani.
The patrol passed the villages of Charqli Fouqani, Qeran, Dikmadash, Khorkhoy, Boban, Gul Bey, reaching to Tel Shair, four kilometers west of Kobani.
Then, it turned back and passed through the villages of Sousan, Qola, Qaraqoy Tahtani, Binder, Mishko, Jebneh, Charqli Fouqani, reaching to its starting point in the village of Ashma.
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through the gate near Ashma, while the Russian military vehicles returned to their position near the town of Sirrin south of Kobani.
On May 2, the Russian and Ottoman Turkish forces conducted the 139th joint patrol in the eastern countryside of Kobani. |