Turkey, Russia holds 20th joint patrol near Syrian-Turkish border

Russian and Turkish forces on Monday held the 20th joint patrol near the Syrian-Turkish border, for withdrawal of Syrian Kurdish fighters, a war monitor reported.

The joint patrol was carried out in the countryside of the al-Darbasiyah of the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah near the Syrian-Turkish border, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

On Oct. 22, 2019, Ankara and Moscow reached a deal, under which Kurdish forces would pull back 30 kilometers south of Turkey's border with Syria, with security forces from Turkey and Russia starting joint patrols in the same month.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)