Turkey to form buffer zone near Syrian border

Turkey is taking new counter-measures for the jet shot down on June 22 by Syria. Turkey is forming a buffer zone on its border with Syria, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Turkish General Staff moved tanks, artillery guns and missile systems to the Syrian border. Turkey requested NATO to form a no-fly zone on the Turkish-Syrian border. The idea has already been discussed by the US and Turkey.

Syria moved 170 tanks to the Turkish border.