The Turkish Ministry of National Defense confirmed that the Russian and Turkish military have begun patrolling in Syria.
On November 1, the military police of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation went on a joint patrol with the Turkish military personnel in the northern border of Syria. The convoy consists of five Russian military vehicles and four Turkish ones.
“The first Russian-Turkish joint patrol with ground and air units is currently being conducted east of Darbasia in northeastern Syria in accordance with the agreements of the Turkish and Russian presidents in Sochi on October 22”, – the ministry said on Twitter.
On October 22, the Russian Federation and Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding of 10 points, in particular, on the introduction of units of the Russian military police and the Syrian border service on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey outside the Turkish Source of Peace zone. They will facilitate the withdrawal of Kurdish troops and their weapons 30 kilometers from the Syrian-Turkish border. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that the Kurds were withdrawn ahead of schedule. After this, a joint Russian-Turkish patrol should begin to a depth of 10 kilometers from the border to the west and east of the Turkish operation area, except for the city of Kamyshly.