Turkey sends howitzers to Syria border

Turkey has been reinforcing its military presence on the border with Syria since the US announced it's upcoming pull-out

Turkish military vehicles are dispatched to Turkey’s Mardin province to support the units at the Syrian border in Sanliurfa, Turkey on December 29, 2018 [Halil Fidan / Anadolu Agency]

Turkey sent military reinforcements to its southern Gaziantep province near Syrian border on Saturday, according to Anadolu Agency correspondent in the area.

A military convoy carrying howitzers first arrived in Hatay province then in Gaziantep as part of Turkey’s recent military reinforcements ahead of a possible counter-terrorism operation in northern Syria.

Turkey has been reinforcing its military presence on the border with Syria since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signaled that Ankara will soon launch a cross-border operation against the terrorist YPG/PKK in northern Syria.

Since 2016, Ankara has successfully carried out two similar military operations in northern Syria.

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Turkish Armed Forces’ armoured military vehicles and personnel carriers, which were installed on train from several military units in Turkey, arrived in Iskenderun train station in Hatay, on December 30, 2018 [Ozan Efeoğlu / Anadolu Agency]

Turkish military vehicles are dispatched to Turkey’s Mardin province to support the units at the Syrian border in Sanliurfa, Turkey on December 29, 2018 [Halil Fidan / Anadolu Agency]

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