Tel Tamer countryside | Russian helicopter crashes in Turkish-backed areas in, leaving casualties among its crew

SOHR activists say that a Russian helicopter crashed this morning in the areas held by Turkish forces and proxy factions. The helicopter crashed between the villages of Qasimiyah and Rihaniya in Tel Tamer countryside, north of al-Hasaka, which is under the control of Turkish forces near the base of al-Mabaqir, which is a military base of Russian forces. No confirmed information has been reported on the cause of the crash, whether it was a technical failure or an emergency landing, amid confirmed reports of injuries among its crew, some serious.

Yesterday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored Russian forces conducting a patrol of in al-Qamishli countryside. The patrol toured the villages of Kardamiya, Hab al-Hawa, Barha Beit and Ain Dewar, adjacent to the border with Turkey. The patrol consists of five armoured vehicles and four helicopters.

A similar patrol also toured the areas of al-Qamishli, al-Darbasiya and Abu Racine to Tel Tamer in al-Hasakeh countryside.