Russian forces block US convoy in northeast Syria as tensions rise

The Arabic-service of Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported that Russian forces blocked the main road of Tannuriyah Village, which lies 10 kilometers (six miles) east of Qamishli, for the first time on Saturday and did not allow American terrorist troops to continue their journey towards the city.

The report added that at least eight Russian armored vehicles stopped the American patrol for several hours, in a retaliatory move against an earlier interception of a Russian convoy by American terrorist forces and stopping it from reaching the town of Qahtaniyah.

Sputnik noted that US terrorist forces were escorted by a pickup truck belonging to the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Back on January 31, US terrorist forces in northeast Syria prevented a Russian military convoy from touring near the border with Iraq.

Local sources said at the time that American Humvees patrolling the main road of Malikiyah town in Hasakah prevented an approaching Russian convoy from passing by the region. 

This was not the first time US occupying forces had encountered Russian patrols in the area.