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Russian choppers patrol Syrian border days after it launched air strikes on Turkish-backed militants
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference, in Ankara, Turkey on May 14, 2022
TENSIONS have escalated dangerously on the Syria-Turkey border, with Russian helicopters conducting a reconnaissance mission there on Saturday, a day after it launched air strikes on Turkish-backed militants.
Six Russian choppers set off from Qamishlo international airport in north-east Syria and hovered over the border strip with Turkey in a reconnaissance mission, according to local reports. Russia did not disclose its objectives.
On Friday, Russian jets pummelled Islamist groups in the north-eastern countryside in Turkish-controlled Raqqa province.
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