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EXCLUSIVE: TURKISH MILITARY POUNDS SYRIAN ARMY BASES NEAR BORDER
Al-Alam, Iran
March 26 2014
Turkish military tanks have targeted Syrian army bases in the Kasab
border town, where the Syrian army has been battling numerous militant
groups to secure the border.
According to Al-Alam reporter in Syria's Latakia, a huge explosion
was heard at a Syrian army base near Kasab after Turkish military
targeted the area.
The explosion has been followed with Turkish military firing several
other rockets at Syrian army bases, the reporter said citing military
sources.
The report said, Al-Qaeda's al-Nusra front have raised their flags
over several Turkish military tanks near Kasab, as a sign of having
the area under their control.
Syria has been criticizing Turkey for 'covering for' militant groups
and helping them occupy the Syrian border.
On Sunday, Turkish military shot down a Syrian fighter jet at the
Syrian side of the common borders with Turkey, as it was engaged in
fighting with extremist foreign-backed militants.
Kasab and its surrounding villages are Armenian Christian-dominated
areas, and their value is primarily because of their location near
the Turkish border.
Having the town in their control, militant factions not only are able
to smuggle in arms for themselves, but are able to demand a cut when
other factions use those crossings.
SHI/SHI
http://en.alalam.ir/news/1579078#
Al-Alam, Iran
March 26 2014
Turkish military tanks have targeted Syrian army bases in the Kasab
border town, where the Syrian army has been battling numerous militant
groups to secure the border.
According to Al-Alam reporter in Syria's Latakia, a huge explosion
was heard at a Syrian army base near Kasab after Turkish military
targeted the area.
The explosion has been followed with Turkish military firing several
other rockets at Syrian army bases, the reporter said citing military
sources.
The report said, Al-Qaeda's al-Nusra front have raised their flags
over several Turkish military tanks near Kasab, as a sign of having
the area under their control.
Syria has been criticizing Turkey for 'covering for' militant groups
and helping them occupy the Syrian border.
On Sunday, Turkish military shot down a Syrian fighter jet at the
Syrian side of the common borders with Turkey, as it was engaged in
fighting with extremist foreign-backed militants.
Kasab and its surrounding villages are Armenian Christian-dominated
areas, and their value is primarily because of their location near
the Turkish border.
Having the town in their control, militant factions not only are able
to smuggle in arms for themselves, but are able to demand a cut when
other factions use those crossings.
SHI/SHI
http://en.alalam.ir/news/1579078#