Turkey Sends Troops, Armored Vehicles to Qatar
IsraelDefense
| 22/06/2017
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A total of 23 Turkish soldiers and five military vehicles arrived in the Qatari capital Doha on June 22, the Turkish Armed Forces have stated.
"The transfer of five armored vehicles and 23 military personnel at 8:00 a.m. on June 22, 2017 to Doha was completed as part of a troop deploying process by the Turkish Armed Forces to Qatar, within the framework of a legal arrangement between Turkey and Qatar on the training, cooperation, and deployment of troops," said the statement.
Turkey’s parliament on June 7 fast-tracked legislation to allow troops to be deployed to a military base in Qatar, two days after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Doha in the worst diplomatic crisis in the region in years.
Some 88 Turkish soldiers are already deployed to Qatar, according to the Hurriyet newspaper. After the deployment, a joint exercise by Turkish and Qatari forces was expected following the Islamic Eid al-Fitr holiday. The number of Turkish soldiers sent to the Gulf state could eventually reach 1,000, Hurriyet said, adding that an air force contingent was also envisaged.
Photo Credit: Azernews
A total of 23 Turkish soldiers and five military vehicles arrived in the Qatari capital Doha on June 22, the Turkish Armed Forces have stated.
"The transfer of five armored vehicles and 23 military personnel at 8:00 a.m. on June 22, 2017 to Doha was completed as part of a troop deploying process by the Turkish Armed Forces to Qatar, within the framework of a legal arrangement between Turkey and Qatar on the training, cooperation, and deployment of troops," said the statement.
Turkey’s parliament on June 7 fast-tracked legislation to allow troops to be deployed to a military base in Qatar, two days after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Doha in the worst diplomatic crisis in the region in years.
Some 88 Turkish soldiers are already deployed to Qatar, according to the Hurriyet newspaper. After the deployment, a joint exercise by Turkish and Qatari forces was expected following the Islamic Eid al-Fitr holiday. The number of Turkish soldiers sent to the Gulf state could eventually reach 1,000, Hurriyet said, adding that an air force contingent was also envisaged.
