- Title: Turkish military convoy heads to Syrian border
- Date: 12th October 2019
- Summary: AKCAKALE, TURKEY (OCTOBER 12, 2019) (REUTERS) CONVOY OF TOW TRUCKS CARRYING TANKS DRIVING TO SYRIAN BORDER VARIOUS OF ARMOURED MILITARY VEHICLES DRIVING PAST CONVOY DRIVING TOWARDS SYRIAN BORDER
- Embargoed: 26th October 2019 10:00
- Keywords: Syria Turkey military operation into northern Syria Kurdish militia military convoy
- Location: AKCAKALE, TURKEY
- City: AKCAKALE, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0SIIX3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Turkey dispatched more tanks and armoured military vehicles to Syrian border on Saturday (October 12) as the Turkish forces intensified the operation against Kurdish militia.
Turkish forces stepped up their bombardment around a town in northeast Syria on Saturday, the fourth day of an offensive against a Kurdish militia, after U.S. troops in the region came under artillery fire from Turkish position.
Turkey aims to set up a "safe zone" inside Syria, where it can resettle many of the 3.6 million refugees it has been hosting. Erdogan threatened to send refugees to Europe if the European Union did not back his assault, prompting a furious response from the EU.
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