Turkey has sent missile batteries, tanks and troops to the
Syrian-Turkish border, almost a week after the Syria downed a Turkish
military jet.
A first substantial convoy of about 30 military
vehicles, including trucks loaded with anti-aircraft missile batteries
was dispatched from Turkey’s coastal town of İskenderun and moving
slowly towards the Syrian border 50 kilometers away. Several
anti-aircraft guns have also been deployed elsewhere along the border.
Some trucks were seen carrying self-propelled multiple rocket launchers,
TRT footage showed. Early yesterday, another convoy left a base at
Gaziantep and headed for Kilis province, the site of a large camp for
Syrian refugees. Video from Doğan news agency showed the convoy of about
12 trucks and transporters leaving through the gates of the base past a
red and white star and crescent moon Turkish flag hanging nearby.
The
deployment came before President Abdullah Gül chaired a National
Security Council meeting, attended by Cabinet members and the military’s
top brass, which was expected to focus on tensions with Syria.
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