Russian and Turkish military personnel conducted joint training to eliminate the militants, as well as to evacuate damaged equipment and provide assistance to the victims, the Deputy head of the Russian center for reconciliation of warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Alexander Grinkevich said.
According to him, the first joint training of the Russian military police and the Turkish Armed forces took place on Monday.
"During the training, issues of joint fire destruction of sabotage groups of irreconcilable gangs, as well as evacuation of damaged equipment and medical assistance to the victims were worked out," Grinkevich said.
Earlier, during the course of the Russian-Turkish patrol, improvised explosive devices of militants were repeatedly triggered. In particular, on July 14, during the 20th patrol of the M4 highway, an improvised explosive device was detonated near the settlement of Arihah in the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone. Then three Russian servicemen were slightly injured. There were also reports of injuries among the crew of a Turkish armored car.
On August 18, an improvised explosive device went off on the side of the road while a Russian convoy was returning from a humanitarian action 15 km from the city of Deir ez-Zor. As a result, three Russian servicemen were injured. During the evacuation and medical care, a Russian senior military adviser was killed from his severe injuries.
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