(VOVworld) - Turkey is sending 300 more troops to northern Syria to reinforce an operation aimed at pushing Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish fighters away from its southern border.

Turkish troops (Photo: AFP)

State media Anadolu reported on Thursday that some 300 commandos are being sent to intensify the "Euphrates Shield" operation but it was not clear where in northern Syria they would be deployed. Turkey launched the operation in August, sending tanks, airplanes and troops to back Syrian Arab and Turkmen rebels, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused Turkey of violating its territory.