Turkey deployed more military vehicles to its southeastern province of Kilis near the Syrian border early Sept. 4, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
A total of eight trucks loaded with tanks and howitzers passed through Kilis in the direction of the Elbeyli district on the Syrian 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.
Security sources told daily Hürriyet the M-60 tanks were sent to the border as part of Ankara’s contingency plan to contain a new refugee wave over the Syrian regime’s looming assault on Idlib, a northwestern Syrian province that remains as one of the last strongholds of the opposition.
The tanks are also equipped with close distance observation systems to monitor migrant movements.
