Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) convoy consisting of 6 armored vehicles in the patrol lasted 3 hours, crossed the border to join the joint land patrol met with the US military convoy.
The military convoy first turned to Tal Abyad, about 25 kilometers west. The joint convoy, which was observing for a while in this direction, then moved to the inner parts towards the south.
3 hours for safe driving with the first patrol of the United States and Turkey, President Erdogan, "our ally, not our pursuit for creating a safe zone for the terrorist organization," which took place the same day...
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and the US Armed Forces have started their first joint land patrol within the scope of the first phase of the safe zone in the east of the Euphrates in Syria.
30 kilometers east of the town of Sanliurfa Akcakale TSK convoy consisting of 6 armored vehicles with Turkish flags, crossed the border to join the joint land patrol meeting with the US military convoy.
TSK and US elements moved from the border to the south in the countryside of Telabyad. Patrol continued until noon. In the statement made by the Ministry of National Defense, the first joint land patrol of the Turkish Armed Forces and the US personnel for the Safe Zone facility in the north of Syria, east of the Euphrates was used as planned.
AGAIN THE SAME SCENARIO?
The same scenario has taken place before. There was also an agreement on the US Manbij about 1 year ago and had begun joint patrols with Turkey.
Turkish and US military elements within the scope of the 90-day roadmap, prior to joint patrols will be carried out around manbij first group of US soldiers arrived in Turkey on October 2, 2018 to participate in the training.
US soldiers who came to Gaziantep, together with Turkish soldiers, began training on October 5 in the barracks, whose name was not disclosed for security reasons. Then, on 22 October in Kahramanmaraş, after the completion of the joint training with the joint shooting activity, Turkish and US soldiers left Gaziantep. After two weeks of training, the military elements of the two countries that entered Syria began a joint patrol with armored vehicles in the Manbij countryside. a year of patrols began in November 2018 held no promise of filling by the US to Turkey, could not get a result from the patrol.
IT TOOK 3 HOURS
The first patrol carried out by the TSK and the US convoy for the establishment of the safe zone in Syria consisted of two stages: organization and operations. Coming together at the zero point of the border, the commanders of the Turkish Armed Forces and the US convoy discussed the patrol plan to be held here for a while. The military convoy then headed to Telabyad, about 25 kilometers west. The joint convoy, which was observing for a while in this direction, then moved to the inner parts towards the south. The patrol started around 10:00 am and ended after about 3 hours.