٠٠:٠١:٠٠Footage filmed on Wednesday shows smoke rising from near the northeastern Syrian town of Tal Tamr after Turkish-backed forces renewed their offensive in the area.
According to reports, clashes have broken out between the Turkish-backed forces and Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), as well as Syrian government forces.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that joint Russian-Turkish patrols, as laid out in an agreement between the Turkish and Russian governments in Sochi, will begin in northeastern Syria on Friday, but added that Turkish military operations could start again if Kurdish forces did not fully withdraw from the so-called 30-kilometres (20 miles) safe zone.
On Tuesday, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the withdrawal of Kurdish forces and their equipment from near the Turkish-Syrian border had been completed. According to Shoigu, more than 100 square kilometres (38 square miles) have been demined and various explosives have been neutralised.
Syria: Smoke rises from Tal Tamr after Turkish-backed forces launch offensive
Footage filmed on Wednesday shows smoke rising from near the northeastern Syrian town of Tal Tamr after Turkish-backed forces renewed their offensive in the area.
According to reports, clashes have broken out between the Turkish-backed forces and Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), as well as Syrian government forces.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that joint Russian-Turkish patrols, as laid out in an agreement between the Turkish and Russian governments in Sochi, will begin in northeastern Syria on Friday, but added that Turkish military operations could start again if Kurdish forces did not fully withdraw from the so-called 30-kilometres (20 miles) safe zone.
On Tuesday, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the withdrawal of Kurdish forces and their equipment from near the Turkish-Syrian border had been completed. According to Shoigu, more than 100 square kilometres (38 square miles) have been demined and various explosives have been neutralised.
Footage filmed on Wednesday shows smoke rising from near the northeastern Syrian town of Tal Tamr after Turkish-backed forces renewed their offensive in the area.
According to reports, clashes have broken out between the Turkish-backed forces and Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), as well as Syrian government forces.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that joint Russian-Turkish patrols, as laid out in an agreement between the Turkish and Russian governments in Sochi, will begin in northeastern Syria on Friday, but added that Turkish military operations could start again if Kurdish forces did not fully withdraw from the so-called 30-kilometres (20 miles) safe zone.
On Tuesday, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the withdrawal of Kurdish forces and their equipment from near the Turkish-Syrian border had been completed. According to Shoigu, more than 100 square kilometres (38 square miles) have been demined and various explosives have been neutralised.