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Ankara Sends Additional Armored Vehicles to Town Near Syrian-Turkish Border

© AFP 2023 / BULENT KILICTanks stationed at a Turkish army position near the Oncupinar crossing gate close to the town of Kilis, south central Turkey, fire towards the Syria border, on February 16, 2016
Tanks stationed at a Turkish army position near the Oncupinar crossing gate close to the town of Kilis, south central Turkey, fire towards the Syria border, on February 16, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The Turkish Armed Forces sent additional armored vehicles on Monday to the country's southeastern town of Kilis, located near the border with Syria, local media reported.

A large convoy of Turkish military including tanks and ambulances rolls  from the southeastern part of Turkey toward the Iraqi border (File) - Sputnik International
Turkey Increases Number of Tanks, Howitzers on Border With Syria - Reports
ANKARA (Sputnik) For months, Kilis has been subjected to shelling from the Syrian territory, occupied by the Daesh militant group. The rocket attacks have intensified recently and the Turkish troops deployed in the vicinity and within the town have retaliated by shelling positions in Syria.

According to the Turkish television broadcaster A Haber, vehicles from the 5th Armored Brigade Command, stationed in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, have been redeployed to Kilis.

Daesh is a terrorist group outlawed in the United States and Russia among other states. The group has seized large areas in Syria and Iraq and declared a caliphate on the territories under its control, as well as trying to spread its influence to the neighboring territories.

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