Diplomats see Kurds, not Assad, as likely target of Turkish border buildup
By Roy Gutman | McClatchy Newspapers
ISTANBUL — Turkish tanks are deployed on hilltops overlooking Syria and additional combat aircraft have been moved to bases close to that war-torn country in an escalation that began Oct. 3, when a Syrian artillery round landed in the border town of Akcakale, killing five Turkish civilians.
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