Al-Hasakeh | Russian and Turkish officers meet at the Syrian-Turkish border in countryside, and Russian forces conduct new patrol in al-Derbasiya countryside

SOHR sources from Al-Hasakah countryside say that a meeting took place on Tuesday morning, at the Syrian-Turkish border in the area of Sherik in al-Derbasia countryside between Russian and Turkish officers, where the two sides discussed the issue of joint patrols and the situation in the region. After that, the Russian forces conducted a patrol consisting of three armoured vehicles. The patrol toured the countryside of al-Derbasiya and arrived in the countryside of Abu Rasin (Zarkan), and then to the area of Kasra, while a joint patrol between Russians and Turks is expected to take place next Thursday.

On February 25, SOHR sources reported that Russian and Turkish forces run a new joint patrol escorted by Russian helicopters in Al-Hasakah countryside. A patrol of five Russian vehicles and four other Turkish set off from Sherik area and toured the villages of Zahr Al-Arab, Kasra, Qayrawan, Tel Dahela, Kokond, Hajoughli, Otayshan, Qunaitarah and Qarmaniyah in the west of Al-Darbasiyah city in Al-Hasakah countryside, before the patrol returned again to the stating point.