AhlulBayt News Agency - The US will deploy sophisticated rocket launchers on Turkey's border with Syria to target Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria's northwest.
"We have reached an agreement with the Americans to seal off the [Syrian] Manbij region and our strategy on that is clear," Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusolgu told Haberturk newspaper in an interview published on Tuesday.
The American High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) "will be deployed on the Turkish border in May," Cavusolgu said.
Reuters news agency confirmed this report after interviewing an unnamed senior U.S. military official; however, no further details were released.
The recent U.S. military build-up in Syria has revealed a Cold War style arms race that is brewing between the latter and the Russian forces.
While Turkey's artillery guns can strike ISIS targets 40 kilometers south of the border the deployment of the HIMARS system will enable them to strike ISIS from as far as 90 kilometers south of the border.
The Turkish government has also, according to Hurriyet news, called on the Americans to use their unmanned Predator drones to target ISIS in those areas with Hellfire missiles.
The US currently has 12 manned A-10 Warthog attack planes and 4 unmanned Predator drones stationed in Turkey's Incirlik airbase in the southeastern Adana province.
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