Turkey sends more reinforcements to border with Syria's Idlib - It's Over 9000!

Turkey sends more reinforcements to border with Syria's Idlib

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Turkey loaded tanks and armored vehicles onto trucks on Saturday and dispatched the convoy to the Turkish province of Hatay on the Syrian border, Reuters reported the Demiroren news agency as saying.

It was the second day of reinforcements of the Turkish military presence on the border near the northern Syrian province of Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in Syria, Reuters said. 

On Friday, a Turkish security source said the Turkish army had been rotating forces in and out of the region, and declined to say whether the latest movement was in preparation for an operation inside Idlib province itself.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced last month that he had decided to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. The decision injected new uncertainty into the eight-year-long Syrian war and spurred a flurry of contacts over how a resulting security vacuum will be filled across northern and eastern Syria where the U.S. forces are stationed.

Source: Reuters.

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