Turkey launched an overnight military operation into neighbouring
Syria to evacuate troops guarding an Ottoman tomb and to move the crypt
to a new location, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday.
Davutoglu said nearly 600 troops and 100 tanks and armored personnel carriers were involved in the operation. One group crossed into Syrian territory to reach the tomb, just over the border near the town of Kobane, while a second group took control of an area near the Turkish border where authorities plan to move the tomb.
Read Middle East - Turkish military enters Syria to evacuate soldiers, relocate tomb - France 24
Davutoglu said nearly 600 troops and 100 tanks and armored personnel carriers were involved in the operation. One group crossed into Syrian territory to reach the tomb, just over the border near the town of Kobane, while a second group took control of an area near the Turkish border where authorities plan to move the tomb.
Read Middle East - Turkish military enters Syria to evacuate soldiers, relocate tomb - France 24
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