Turkey conducts military exercises near Syrian border

Turkey has conducted a new round of military exercises near its border with Syria. Iranian Press TV informs about this.

The drills, which were staged in the border town of Suruc on Wednesday, involved tanks and armored personnel carriers.

The war games came after the deployment of Turkish troops to the border area.

Turkish media said the drills were a ‘show of force’ against Damascus.

Ankara has recently carried out several war games along the Syrian border.

Syria accuses Turkey, along with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, of arming and funding insurgents who have been fighting against the Syrian government.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Turkish Cumhuriyet daily in an interview in July that Turkey “has supplied all logistic support to the terrorists who have killed our people.”

The clashes in Syria are continued since March, 2011. The rebels claim President Assad must resign but the latter refuses and says that the actions are led by the Western forces.