Syrian Troops Advance towards Turkish Border James Tweedie, The Morning Star, London, 30 November 2015 Tensions on the Syria-Turkey border soared yesterday as Syrian government troops advanced through the Turkmen mountains. Syrian forces captured Mount Kishkar in the north of Latakia province after killing a number of insurgents, a military source said. Government troops reportedly retook nearby Hill 1112, overlooking the strategically important town of Jisr al-Shughur on Saturday. Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Meanwhile the Turkish army deployed more troops and tanks to Gaziantep province, across the border from Latakia. Turkish media reported that a convoy transporting armoured personnel carriers and 20 tanks arrived to reinforce the 5th Armoured Division. And Syrian Brigadier General Ali Mayhoub said that his troops had come under mortar fire from the Mount Jebel Aqra area in Turkey on Friday night. Turkey has also deployed a sophisticated Aselsan Koral electronic jamming system to the border, possibly to counter the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system deployed there. On Friday a US military spokesman denied that the deployment had prompted a sudden halt in coalition air strikes. Tensions between Nato member Ankara, Damascus and Moscow have been running high since Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 tactical bomber over Latakia last week. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday that the remains of pilot Oleg Peshkov would be returned to Russia. Colonel Peshkov was murdered by an ethnic Turkmen militia led by Turkish citizen and fascist Grey Wolves militant Alparslan Celik. Russia imposed more economic sanctions on Turkey on Saturday. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-ff25-Tensions-fly-as-Syrian-troops-adva nce-by-Turkish-border#.VlvCmXYrK00 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
