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The Grand Turk
Turkey bolsters military at Manbij on Syrian border as US readies pull out: Media
2018-12-24
And it was only Friday that President Sultan Erdogan I “the much beloved” said he would hold off invading Syrian Kurdish territory as payoff for American troops being summarily pulled out. How sad that this quick little bit of hudna-ending puts Turkish commandos face to unexpected face with Saudi heavy weaponry. But really, this is exactly the kind of wrong-footing to be expected when one has purged one’s ranks of one’s best military minds at all levels. They must be howling with laughter in the prison cells.
[AlAhram] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
 is sending reinforcements to its border with Syria, Demiroren News Agency (DHA) reported on Sunday, adding that some 100 vehicles including mounted pickup trucks and weaponry had made their way to the area.

The heightened military activity comes days after President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would postpone a planned military operation on Kurdish YPG militia east of the Euphrates river in northern Syria following the United States’ decision to withdraw from Syria.
The Times of Israel adds:
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the reinforcements were sent to the front line with Manbij, where US troops have been based. The Ottoman Turkish IHA news agency reports that a convoy of Ottoman Turkish troops was sent into Syria overnight.
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