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Agency: Turkish military stages tank exercises near Syria

By REUTERS

AUGUST 1, 2012 13:46

ISTANBUL - Turkey's army staged tank exercises near the Syrian border on Wednesday, media reports said, in a move highlighting Ankara's unease about security on the frontier as the conflict widens on the other side of its southern border.

The exercises were held after a series of Turkish military deployments to the area prompted by the spiraling violence in the 17-month uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad. The reports could not immediately be confirmed.

Some 25 tanks from the Mardin 70th Mechanised Brigade took part in the exercises, which were overseen by commanders in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province, just 2 km (1 mile) from the Syrian border, Dogan news agency said.

The Syrian city of Qamishli is immediately across the border from Nusaybin. Ankara is concerned about reports that a Kurdish group linked to militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is exerting control in Kurdish areas of northern Syria.

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