DAMASCUS, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Six Syrian civilians were injured on Tuesday in a Turkish mortar fire near a Russian military police patrol area in northern Syria, state news agency SANA reported.
The Turkish mortar fire hit the al-Darbasiyah Crossing on the Syrian-Turkish border in the northwestern countryside of Hasakah Province in northeastern Syria, said SANA.
The report also said the deployment of the Syrian army has covered 90 km along the Syrian-Turkish borderline, adding reinforcements were brought to the northern countryside of Hasakah to cover all Syrian-Turkish border.
Over the past couple of days, the Syrian army sent thousands of soldiers to where the Kurdish forces have been pulling out.
On Oct. 9, Turkey launched an operation to clear the Kurdish militia from northern Syria in the east of the Euphrates river to eliminate what Turkey perceives as a threat to its border security, impose a safe zone and resettle millions of Syrian refugees.
The United States reached a deal with Turkey on Oct. 17, imposing a five-day cease-fire to allow the Kurdish forces to pull back from the planned safe zone that Turkey wants to create in northern Syria.
On Oct. 22, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Sochi, Russia, agreeing on the parameters of the proposed Turkish safe zone in northern Syria.
The deal stipulates that the Kurdish militia and its broader umbrella of the People's Protection Units will pull back 30 km south of Turkey's border within 150 hours.
Joint patrols by Turkish and Russian forces will cover the area, according to the deal.
