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Turkey tanks face IS at Syria border
(MENAFN- Arab News) MURSITPINAR Turkey: Turkey on Monday deployed tanks and armored vehicles to reinforce its border with Syria amid escalating Islamic State violence as Parliament is set to consider whether to authorize military action against IS militants.
The army moved tanks and armored vehicles to the border town of Mursitpinar which lies across from the key Kurdish town of Ain Al-Arab after some stray bullets hit Turkish villages sparking retaliation from Turkey's military under its 'rules of engagement.'
The government said Monday it would shortly submit motions to Parliament authorizing the armed forces to take action in Iraq and Syria so Ankara can join the US-led coalition against the IS fighters.
'The motions have not yet been sent to Parliament. They may come tomorrow' parliamentary speaker Cemil Cicek was quoted as saying by NTV television. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the motions will be debated on Thursday. Turkey had refused to join a broad anti-IS coalition led by the United States while dozens of its citizens including diplomats and children were being held by IS militants having been abducted from the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
After securing their freedom in a top-secret operation which reportedly resulted in the release of 50 IS fighters President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the country's position had changed signalling a more robust stance toward the IS group. The government hopes Parliament will approve the military action before Eid Al-Adha which begins on Saturday.
On Monday Erdogan said the Islamic State blacklisted as a terrorist organization by Ankara since October 2013 has nothing to do with Islam which he said 'does not legitimize such savagery or violence.'
The army moved tanks and armored vehicles to the border town of Mursitpinar which lies across from the key Kurdish town of Ain Al-Arab after some stray bullets hit Turkish villages sparking retaliation from Turkey's military under its 'rules of engagement.'
The government said Monday it would shortly submit motions to Parliament authorizing the armed forces to take action in Iraq and Syria so Ankara can join the US-led coalition against the IS fighters.
'The motions have not yet been sent to Parliament. They may come tomorrow' parliamentary speaker Cemil Cicek was quoted as saying by NTV television. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the motions will be debated on Thursday. Turkey had refused to join a broad anti-IS coalition led by the United States while dozens of its citizens including diplomats and children were being held by IS militants having been abducted from the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
After securing their freedom in a top-secret operation which reportedly resulted in the release of 50 IS fighters President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the country's position had changed signalling a more robust stance toward the IS group. The government hopes Parliament will approve the military action before Eid Al-Adha which begins on Saturday.
On Monday Erdogan said the Islamic State blacklisted as a terrorist organization by Ankara since October 2013 has nothing to do with Islam which he said 'does not legitimize such savagery or violence.'
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