HMEIMIM. Oct 25 (Interfax) - Russian military police patrolled along a new route along the Syrian-Turkish border on Thursday, traveling more than 60 kilometers from the town of Qamishli in northern Syria to Abuda, head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria Maj. Gen. Alexei Bakin said at a press briefing.
Russian military police units began patrolling districts near the Syrian-Turkish border on October 23 under a memorandum of mutual understanding signed between Russia and Turkey in Sochi on October 22, he said.
"Russian military police are helping ensure the security of the population and maintain order, patrolling the designated districts, and facilitating the withdrawal of Kurdish self-defense units and their weapons to 30 kilometers from the Syrian-Turkish border," Bakin said.
However, illegal armed units continue violating the truce in the Idlib de-escalation area, he said.
Eleven such attacks were observed on October 23, he said.
"Militants from illegal armed formations attacked Sabiqiya and Makanis al-Duwairi in the Aleppo province; Kermel, Sanjeka, and Safsara in the Latakia province; Al-Salihiya, Khan Sheikhun, and Kafer Ain in the Idlib province; Khuayz in the Hama province," he said.