Turkey is sending 300 more troops to northern Syria to reinforce an operation aimed at pushing Daesh and Syrian Kurdish fighters away from its southern border, state media reported on Thursday.
Some 300 commandos are being sent to reinforce the “Euphrates Shield” operation, Anadolu Agency reported. It was not clear where in northern Syria they would be deployed.
Turkey launched the operation in August, sending tanks, airplanes and troops to back Syrian Arab and Turkmen rebels.
After pushing Daesh fighters back from Turkey’s Syrian border, the Ankara-backed rebels have moved towards al-Bab, the last urban stronghold of Daesh in the northern Aleppo countryside. Their advance potentially pits them against both Kurdish fighters and Syrian government forces.