Turkey deployed more military vehicles to its southeastern province of Kilis near the Syrian border early Tuesday.
A total of eight trucks loaded with tanks and howitzers passed through Kilis and in the direction of Elbeyli district on the Syrian border, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent in the field.
A number of artillery batteries, commando units and military personnel who were dispatched from a Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) base in Kilis on the border with Syria crossed the Öncüpınar border gate on their way to the northern Syrian regions of Tal Rifaat and Manbij.
Turkish military reinforcements dispatched to Syria border
The military vehicles were transferred under security measures to troops on the Syrian side of the border, according to a source who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking with the media.