Ankara has deployed additional troops and equipment along part of its border with Syria, the Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu said.
"It's correct that we have taken precautions to protect our border. If there's any circumstance across the border that threatens Turkish security, orders to act have been given," Interfax cited him as saying.
"No one should have the expectation that Turkey will enter Syria tomorrow or in the near term," Davutoglu said.
"If anything occurred that were to threaten Turkish security, we wouldn't wait for tomorrow, we would go right in. But it's wrong to expect that Turkey would undertake such a unilateral intervention in the immediate term if there is no such risk," the prime minister stressed.
