Border city of Kobani appears calm amid reports Russian forces have reached outskirts

Record ID: 1436973

  • Title: Border city of Kobani appears calm amid reports Russian forces have reached outskirts
  • Date: 16th October 2019
  • Summary: KOBANI, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM SURUC, TURKEY) (OCTOBER 16, 2019) (REUTERS) BARBED WIRE FENCE AND A MILITARY ZONE SIGN ON TURKISH SIDE OF BORDER WITH SYRIA/VIEW OF SYRIAN CITY OF KOBANI IN THE DISTANCE BUILDINGS IN KOBANI AND BORDER OBSERVATION TOWER ON A HILL ON THE SYRIAN SIDE TOWER BUILDINGS IN KOBANI DAMAGED BUILDING AMONG OTHER BUILDINGS IN KOBANI AS SEEN FROM TURKISH SIDE VARIOUS OF THE CITY'S BUILDINGS AND BORDER WALL VIEW OF THE CITY AS SEEN FROM TURKISH SIDE
  • Embargoed: 30th October 2019 13:31
  • Keywords: Syria Russian military Turkish offensive Kurdish border town Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
  • Location: KOBANI, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM SURUC, TURKEY)
  • City: KOBANI, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM SURUC, TURKEY)
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B1CHMIV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Russian forces have crossed the Euphrates river in northern Syria and reached areas outside the city of Kobani, pushing eastward with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Syrian Observatory said on Wednesday (October 16).
    The city appeared calm with no movements on roads in video footage filmed shortly before the reports emerged.
    The Russian troop movement comes days after the SDF cut a deal with the Syrian government for army troops to deploy at the Turkey-Syria border following a Turkish invasion of northeast Syria last week.
    Asked about the report, an SDF official said he had not yet received information about such a Russian deployment.
    The SDF military agreement with Damascus and its ally Moscow marks an abrupt shift in policy following the United States announcement that its forces would be withdrawing from northeast Syria, where it had partnered with Kurdish-led SDF forces to oust Islamic State.
    (Production: Omer Berberoglu, Ayat Basma)
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