Turkey dispatches tanks to northern Syria

Record ID: 1436332

  • Title: Turkey dispatches tanks to northern Syria
  • Date: 11th October 2019
  • Summary: AKCAKALE, TURKEY (OCTOBER 11, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF CONVOY OF TOW TRUCKS CARRYING TANKS DRIVING TO SYRIAN BORDER MILITARY VEHICLES DRIVING VARIOUS OF CONVOY OF TOW TRUCKS DRIVING
  • Embargoed: 25th October 2019 19:20
  • Keywords: Turkey Syria military operation Operation Peace Spring tanks deployment border Syrian Kurdish militia
  • Location: AKCAKALE, TURKEY
  • City: AKCAKALE, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B0NN8ZR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Turkey dispatched more tanks to Syrian border on Friday (October 11) as the Turkish army intensified its offensive against Kurdish militia.
    A convoy of vehicles and tanks arrived at Turkish border town of Akcakakale and were scheduled to cross into the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, Anadolu agency reported.
    The Turkish incursion, launched after Trump withdrew U.S. troops who had been fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State, has opened a new front in the eight-year Syrian civil war and drawn fierce international criticism.
    A war monitor gave a death toll approaching 100 from the first days of the assault. The United Nations said 100,000 people had fled their homes.
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