Syria accused the Turkish forces of bombing a village with artillery in Hasaka countryside, while Russia and Turkey began yesterday to conduct the first joint patrol in Idlib governorate, northwestern Syria, where a fragile cease-fire is camping after weeks of violence.
In detail, the Syrian News Agency (SANA) stated that the Turkish forces continued their aggression on the Syrian lands in Hasaka countryside, and by artillery forces shelled the village of Tawila al-Wakaa in Tal Tamr district in the northwestern countryside countryside, causing material damage to the houses.
"SANA" stated that, "since the Turkish aggression on the Syrian territories on the ninth of last October, the Turkish forces and their terrorist mercenaries carried out criminal operations against the people and destroyed the infrastructure and service facilities, which led to a large displacement of civilians towards the cities of Hasaka and Qamishli," according to the agency.
In another context, "SANA" reported, quoting local sources, that an explosive device had exploded inside the headquarters of gunmen backed by Ankara, south of Ras Al-Ain, and the casualties among the gunmen were not confirmed due to the imposition of a security cordon around the place.
Last Thursday, four Turkish soldiers were killed and eight others, including gunmen supported by Ankara, were injured in a car bomb explosion in the occupied village of Tal Halif in Ras Al-Ain countryside northwest of Hasaka.
In addition, yesterday, Russia and Turkey began the conduct of the first joint patrol in the Idlib governorate in northwestern Syria, where a fragile cease-fire will camp after weeks of violence, according to what Russian news agencies announced.
Armored vehicles and elements of the Russian military police were launched from the village of Tarnaba to take the international route "M4" according to the agreement reached recently, according to the agencies "TASS, Interfax and RIA Novosti".
The three agencies quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying that Moscow and Ankara had to shorten their first joint patrol on the M4 highway linking eastern and western Syria due to “provocations from armed groups trying to exploit civilians as human shields,” and the ministry added that Ankara was given more From time to neutralize the militants who carried out these provocations, while Agence France-Presse published a picture of some people burning tires to prevent traffic on the road.
Russia 24 TV station reported that the Russian Military Police, which used three vehicles to participate in yesterday's patrol, intends to carry out more joint patrols with Turkey on a regular basis.
Turkey and Russia agreed to the details of a cease-fire in the Idlib region, after four days of talks in Ankara as part of joint efforts to stop the escalation of violence there that has displaced nearly one million people, and pushed Turkey and Russia towards a direct confrontation.
- An explosive device has exploded inside the headquarters of armed men backed by Ankara, south of Ras Al-Ain.