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Friday, June 29, 2012

Turkey sends convoys of arms to its Syrian border


Turkey has sent missile batteries, tanks and troops to the Syrian-Turkish border, almost a week after the Syria downed a Turkish military jet.

A first substantial convoy of about 30 military vehicles, including trucks loaded with anti-aircraft missile batteries was dispatched from Turkey’s coastal town of İskenderun and moving slowly towards the Syrian border 50 kilometers away.

Several anti-aircraft guns have also been deployed elsewhere along the border. Some trucks were seen carrying self-propelled multiple rocket launchers, TRT footage showed.

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