MOSCOW – Russian Military seek new commanding role in middle east conflict.
Russian forces crossed the Euphrates River in Syria and headed for theborder with Turkey.
Russian state media reported Wednesday, under a deal for the withdrawal ofKurdish forces.
The Rossiya-24 television channel and TASS news agency quoted the defenceministry as saying the convoy of Russian military police had crossed theriver at noon (0900 GMT) and “advanced towards the Syrian-Turkish border”.









