Fearing attacks | Russian and Turkish forces run brief joint patrol in al-Darbasiyyah countryside

SOHR sources have reported seeing Russian and Turkish forces conducting a new joint patrol in al-Darbasiyyah countryside in northern al-Hasakah, near the Syria-Turkey border, as the patrol set off from Sherek border crossing and took al-Darbasiyyah-Ras al-Ain road to Dalek and Salam Alik village. It is worth noting that the patrol could not continue its way to other villages, fearing of being attacked by the residents who gathered in some towns and villages in the western countryside of al-Darbasiyyah with Molotov cocktails in their hands waiting for the patrol. Meanwhile, Russian helicopters attempted to disperse the residents by firing smoke and stun grenade, but to no avail. Accordingly, the Russian and Turkish forces aborted the patrol and returned to the starting point.

On September 6, SOHR activists reported seeing Russian and Turkish forces running a new joint patrol in Ain al-Arab countryside (Kobani) in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. The patrol set off from Ashma area and toured villages in Ain al-Arab countryside, before they returned to the starting point. This patrol came as a part of routine joint patrols between Russian and Turkish forces in the region.