Turkish army soldiers stand guard as Kurdish people wait in a hope to enter Cizre, a town subject to a curfew as part of a controversial operation against Kurdish rebels, on March 22, 2016 in Mardin, for Newroz celebration. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for 'New Year', is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring, March 21, in Central Asian republics, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iran. / AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – A Turkish military convoy crossed the Syrian border, entering the opposition-controlled north-eastern part of the country on Friday.

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Footage filmed at Kafr Lusin village, near Kafaldin, shows a large convoy of tanks, armoured vehicles and supply trucks driving under the Turkish flags.

According to reports, Ankara increased its military presence in Syria after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) entered a strategic town of Saraqib, near Idlib, after days of a military offensive.

 

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