US EditionTurkey to send commando unit to help quell unrest in Kosovo
- Turkey will send a commando battalion of around 500 troops to northern Kosovo to support NATO's peacekeeping mission, KFOR, following a request from NATO's Joint Force Command Naples.
- The move comes after violent clashes with ethnic Serbs on Monday left 30 international soldiers wounded, prompting NATO to send an additional 700 troops to the region to bolster existing forces.
- The Turkish defense ministry has called for restraint and dialogue to resolve the situation, adding that the commando battalion will be deploying to the Sultan Murat Barracks in Kosovo on June 4-5.
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Turkey plans to send commandos to Kosovo on Sunday and Monday, in response to NATO's call to join its KFOR peacekeeping force in the wake of unrest in the country's north, Agerpres quoted the Turkish Defence Ministry as saying.
·Romania
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Turkey to send commando unit to help quell unrest in Kosovo
ANKARA (AP) — The Turkish defense ministry announced Saturday it will be sending a commando battalion to northern Kosovo in response to a NATO request for troops to help quell violent unrest. The request came from NATO’s Joint Force Command Naples, the ministry said in a press statement posted on its official Twitter account, and the battalion will join the alliance’s peacekeeping mission in the region, known as KFOR, as a reserve unit. A defen…
·Washington, United States
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