BALADI NEWS
Russian military police patrolled new parts of the Turkish-Syrian border in accordance with the recent memorandum between Ankara and Moscow, the country's Defense Ministry said Friday.
"On Oct. 24, a column of Russian military police patrolled a new route on the Syrian-Turkish border. The length of the patrol route from the city of Qamishli in northern Syria to the settlement of Abouda equaled more than 60 kilometers," said the ministry.
According to the ministry, the police also helped remove elements of the PKK terrorist group and its Syrian branch, the People's Protection Units (YPG), and their weapons to a distance of 30 kilometers from the Syrian-Turkish border.
It was also later announced that 300 Russian military police arrived at the Turkey-Syria border as part of patrolling activities.
On Tuesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Russia's Black Sea resort town of Sochi.
Ankara and Moscow reached a deal under which the YPG will pull back 30 kilometers south of Turkey's border with northern Syria within 150 hours, and security forces from Turkey and Russia will conduct joint patrols in the area.
Source: Daily Sabah.