More Turkish tanks enter Syria in push against Daesh

At least nine more Turkish tanks entered northern Syria on Thursday as part of an operation aimed at driving Daesh out of the area around Jarabulus.

A senior Turkish official said there were now more than 20 Turkish tanks inside Syria and that additional tanks and construction machinery would be sent in as required.

The deployments are part of "Operation Euphrates Shield", in which Free Syrian Army backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes on Wednesday entered Jarabulus, one of Daesh's last strongholds on the Turkish-Syrian border, in Turkey's first major U.S.-backed incursion into its southern neighbour.