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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Turkey sends more tanks to Syria, warns Kurdish militias to pull back

Published Aug. 25, 2016 at 5:03 pm

This picture taken around 5 kilometres west from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 25, 2016 shows Turkish Army tanks driving to the Syrian Turkish border town of Jarabulus.

Turkey has sent more tanks into northern Syria and warned U.S.-backed Kurdish militias in the area to pull back, a day after Turkish forces, supported by U.S. air strikes, launched a military offensive against Islamic State (IS) militants.

More than 20 Turkish tanks were in Syria on August 25 as part of an operation aimed at driving IS militants out of the border area around the Syrian town of Jarablus and stopping Kurdish militia fighters from seizing territory in the area.