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| Turkey sends missile batteries to Syria border |
| 2012-07-23 |
| ISTANBUL: Turkey sent batteries of ground-to-air missiles to the border with Syria on Sunday, media reports said, boosting its firepower as rebels in Syria seized several border posts. A train convoy carrying several batteries of missiles arrived in Mardin in southeastern Turkey and will be transferred to several army units deployed on the border, according to the Anatolia news agency. Television footage showed at least five vehicles in the convoy were carrying air defense missiles, in the latest show of force by Syria’s one-time ally which is now a fervent critic of President Bashar Assad’s regime. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned last month after the downing of a military jet initially blamed on Damascus that it now regarded Syria as a “clear and imminent threat.” Syria has in turn accused Turkey of sheltering rebels and training and supplying militants fighting the regime. |
| Posted by:Steve White |