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A general in the rebel Free Syria Army said on Friday that Syrian government forces had amassed around 170 tanks north of the city Aleppo, near the Turkish border, but there was no independent confirmation of the report.
General Mustafa al-Sheikh, head of the Higher Military Council, an association of senior officers who defected from President Bashar al-Assad's forces, said the tanks had assembled at the Infantry School near the village of Musalmieh northeast of the city of Aleppo, 30 kms (19 miles) from the Turkish border.
"The tanks are now at the Infantry School. They're either preparing to move to the border to counter the Turkish deployment or attack the rebellious (Syrian) towns and villages in and around the border zone north of Aleppo," Sheikh told Reuters by telephone from the border.
He said the tanks were mostly from the 17th Mechanised Division. Turkey deployed air defence weaponry along its border with Syria on Thursday, following Syria's downing of a Turkish warlplane over the Mediterranean on Friday.
Syrian tanks amass near Turkish border-FSA general
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If it is true than some serious business will take place soon. Turkiye cannot get her words back this time. Normally I do not expect any serious contact with turkish and syrian troops unless Syria do something stupid. Turkiye will escalate the tension day by day and wait for the US election in November. Until that time I do not think Turkiye will do something but prepare for the contact. Normally Turkiye is strong and capable of taking care of Syria but there are other players in Syria. That is why Turkiye has to move with NATO. We will see...
May Allah protect our country and innocent brothers in Syria.
General Mustafa al-Sheikh, head of the Higher Military Council, an association of senior officers who defected from President Bashar al-Assad's forces, said the tanks had assembled at the Infantry School near the village of Musalmieh northeast of the city of Aleppo, 30 kms (19 miles) from the Turkish border.
"The tanks are now at the Infantry School. They're either preparing to move to the border to counter the Turkish deployment or attack the rebellious (Syrian) towns and villages in and around the border zone north of Aleppo," Sheikh told Reuters by telephone from the border.
He said the tanks were mostly from the 17th Mechanised Division. Turkey deployed air defence weaponry along its border with Syria on Thursday, following Syria's downing of a Turkish warlplane over the Mediterranean on Friday.
Syrian tanks amass near Turkish border-FSA general
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If it is true than some serious business will take place soon. Turkiye cannot get her words back this time. Normally I do not expect any serious contact with turkish and syrian troops unless Syria do something stupid. Turkiye will escalate the tension day by day and wait for the US election in November. Until that time I do not think Turkiye will do something but prepare for the contact. Normally Turkiye is strong and capable of taking care of Syria but there are other players in Syria. That is why Turkiye has to move with NATO. We will see...
May Allah protect our country and innocent brothers in Syria.
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