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US forces prevent Russian military patrol on Syria-Kurdistan Region border: reports
[Rudaw] A Russian military convoy was prevented from approaching the Semalka border crossing area by US forces on Tuesday, according to media and observatory reports. A US soldier told Rudaw they will not allow Russians near the area, which marks the border between northeast Syria and the Kurdistan Region . "If they do come here, we are going to stop them and try to ask for help," a US soldier told Rudaw while waiting on the Qamishli-Malikiya road to block Russian patrols. Russian forces were deployed to northeast Syria to patrol the ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... -Syria border following an invasion of the region by The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) later reported that a Russian patrol was stopped by US forces on the al-Malakiya (Derik) - Maabadah highway north of Rmelan, Hasaka province, before it could reach the border. "The Russian patrol returned to [Qamishli] airbase after being prevented by the Americans from reaching the SDF-controlled crossing of Smelka on the border with Iraq," said the UK-based monitor group. North Press Agency (NPA), a local news outlet with close ties to the SDF, reported Monday’s prevention of the Russian patrol, saying that both forces had previously agreed Russia must only stay on the Syria-Turkey border without approaching Qamishli or Hasaka. The crossing border is a strategic, used by US forces to deliver military and logistical aid to the SDF - the main ally of the US-led Global Coalition against the Islamic State  ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) on the ground in Syria. The US has said that they will only keep about a thousand soldiers in SDF-controlled oil-rich areas in order to protect the oil and prevent it from being controlled by Iran, Damascus and ISIS remnants. Related: Rmelan: 2018-09-10 Russia accuses US of using internationally banned bombs in Syria Rmelan: 2017-07-20 Raqqa reconquest: Syrian ground forces take dam, locales near Raqqa Rmelan: 2016-12-30 Syrian Kurdish groups, allies say approve blueprint for federal system Related: Qamishli: 2020-01-09 Kurdish authorities in NE Syria release 34 ISIS members Qamishli: 2019-12-30 Kurdish child severely burned by suspected Turkish use of white phosphorus now in a stable condition Qamishli: 2019-12-27 Arab tribal leaders demand SDF release women, children in camps Posted by: trailing wife 2020-01-22 |
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