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09-04-2016, 04:25 AM
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More Turkish tanks enter Syria
ANKARA: Turkey on Saturday sent More tanks into the **rthern Syrian village of al-Rai to fight Islamic State extremists, opening a new front after its intervention last month against the group, state media reported.
The tanks crossed into the village from Elbeyli in the Turkish province of Kilis to provide military support to Syrian opposition fighters after ridding **rthern villages of extremists in its "Euphrates Shield" operation launched on August 24, state-run Anadolu news agency said. At least 20 tanks, five armoured personnel carriers, trucks and other armoured vehicles crossed the border after **on, Dogan news agency said. Turkish Firtina howitzers fired on IS targets as the fresh armoured contingent advanced, Dogan said. In the last few months, al-Rai has repeatedly changed hands between rebels and IS. This is Ankara’s most ambitious operation during the five-and-a-half-year Syria conflict, backed by the tanks as well as war planes and special forces providing support to rebels. أكثر... 
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