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Turkey sends more tanks into Syria as ceasefire efforts advance
27 August 2016 13:41 BST
Turkey on Saturday sent more tanks into Syria to bolster a military offensive against Islamic State and Kurdish fighters, as a diplomatic push for a new ceasefire in Syria gathered pace.
An AFP photographer in the village of Karkamis on the Turkish side of the border saw six more tanks roll over the frontier as mop-up operations continued in a town wrested from IS.
Sporadic explosions were heard from over the border as Turkish-backed rebels carried out de-mining work in the town of Jarabulus seized from IS on Wednesday.
The state-run Anadolu news agency confirmed that the rebels were working to destroy explosives left behind by IS militants, with 20 different sets destroyed on Friday alone.
