Second attack in eight days | Unknown gunmen attack the Russian-Turkish joint patrol on M4

Syrian Observatory activists have monitored intensive deployment of Turkish troops this morning along Latakia-Aleppo international highway (M4) in south and west Idlib countryside, as a part of preparations to run a joint patrol with the Russians.

 

A Russian-Turkish joint patrol later set off from Tarnabeh village in eastern Idlib, heading Ain Hour area in northern Latakia. However, the patrol came under attack once again, as a Russian armored vehicle was shot with RPG nearby Uram Al-Juz in western Idlib, but no casualties have been reported.

 

On August 17, SOHR activists monitored Russian and Turkish forces running a new patrol on Aleppo-Latakia international highway (M4). Unlike the previous patrols, this patrol set off from Ain Hour village in the northern countryside of Latakia to Tarnabeh village in the eastern countryside of Idlib. According to SOHR sources, a Turkish vehicle was attacked. The attack is believed to be carried out by RPGs, but no casualties were reported.