- Title: Convoy of FSA fighters arrive at Akcakale
- Date: 9th October 2019
- Summary: AKCAKALE, TURKEY (OCTOBER 9, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF CONVOY CARRYING FREE SYRIAN ARMY (FSA) FIGHTERS AND EQUIPMENT DRIVING PAST VARIOUS OF CONVOY ENTERING MILITARY CAMP
- Embargoed: 23rd October 2019 07:29
- Keywords: Turkey Syria operation Syrian Kurdish militia Free Syrian Army FSA fighters
- Location: AKCAKALE, TURKEY
- City: AKCAKALE, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0DLGLJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A large convoy of buses carrying Free Syrian Army rebels and trucks loaded with equipment arrived at border town of Akcakale early on Wednesday (October 9).
The convoy was dispatched as President Tayyip Erdogan's communications director said the Turkish military, together with the Free Syrian Army, will cross the Syrian border "shortly".
In a tweet, Turkish President's communications director Fahrettin Altun said that Kurdish militants there could either defect or Ankara would have to "stop them from disrupting" Turkey's struggle against the Islamic State militants.
On Tuesday evening, Turkey's military struck the Syrian-Iraqi border to prevent Kurdish forces using the route to reinforce northeast Syria. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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