Russian military police reinforcements arrive in Syria: Ifax - GulfToday

Russian military police reinforcements arrive in Syria: Ifax

  • 25 Oct 2019
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Russian soldiers walk past a Russian military police armored vehicle at a position in the northeastern Syrian city Kobane on Wednesday.

Around 300 more Russian military police from the southern Russian region of Chechnya have arrived in Syria, the defence ministry said on Friday, Interfax news agency reported.

The military police will patrol specific regions and help with the withdrawal of Kurdish forces and their weapons to 30 kilometres of the Syrian-Turkish border, Interfax reported.

Reuters

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