US to Russia: Pro-Turkish militants attacked US servicemen convoy

A convoy of American servicemen was attacked by pro-Turkish militants in Tall Tamr of northeastern Syria, USA told Russia on November 3. There were no reports of injuries or casualties. The convoy was on the M4 road proceeding towards the Iraqi border, six kilometers west of the settlement of Tall Tamr when it was attacked by pro-Turkish militants as well as the Syrian national army, US added. The attack follows the removal of US troops from Syria following the Trump administration's announcement ahead of the Turkish offensive against Syria.

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Major General Yuri Borenkov, the head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria said, "We received information from the US side via deconflicting channels that on November 3, a convoy of US troops, which was moving along the M4 road in the direction of the Iraqi border, six kilometers [four miles] west of the settlement of Tall Tamr, was attacked from the area controlled by pro-Turkish militants, the Syrian national army. There were no casualties".

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Sochi deal and removal of Kurdish YGP

Similar accusations were made by the US last month when they alleged that Turkey was deliberately firing artillery shells at American troop positions in Syria's Kobani. Following the Russia-Turkey Sochi deal, President Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin had agreed to jointly push back Kurdish fighters from a 'safe zone' along the Turkey-Syria border. The deal was timed just when the five-day-long ceasefire between Turkish troops and Kurdish fighters in northern Syria was about to expire. The Sochi meet to control the security situation on the border by driving away from the Kurds, which finally took place in the safe zone as per the countries' claims. The Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain was the first to be vacated by Kurdish fighters belonging to the YPG under a ceasefire deal with Turkey brokered by Washington. Turkey launched its offensive against Syria despite of international criticism and warnings from President Trump on October 9.

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(With inputs from ANI)