Turkey continues to send more troops and armoured vehicles to its border with Syria 3007127

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Monday, July 30, 2012, 04:51 PM
 
Turkey continues to send more troops and armoured vehicles to its border with Syria.
Turkey sent more troops, tanks and other military equipment on Monday, July 30, 2012, to its border with Syria as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces hit Syrian second largest city Aleppo in air and land attacks, Turkish semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
     
Turkey sent more troops, tanks and other military equipment on Monday, July 30, 2012, to its border with Syria as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces hit Syrian second largest city Aleppo in air and land attacks, Turkish semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
This picture taken on July 5, 2012 shows Turkish military missiles Hawk turned towards Syria in Hatay, near the Syrian border.
     

Armored infantry vehicles as well as missile launchers are among the recently-transported equipment deployed in Akcakale town of Sanliurfa province and Kilis province along the Syrian border, according to the report.

Turkey, once a close ally to Syria, has imposed a series of sanctions, including an arms embargo, on the unrest-torn country due to its alleged crackdown on anti-government protesters. The Turkish-Syrian relations strained further after Syria shot down a Turkish military jet, which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in June.