A large part of the Turkish troops deployed at the Mürşitpınar border crossing between Suruç and Kobanê have withdrawn from the border region where only tanks, howitzer and mortar weapons and armored vehicles have been left.

In the last two days, Turkish soldiers have deployed heavy weapons at Suruç-Kobanê border while also forcibly evacuating the border villages of Etmanek and Dewşen next to Kobanê and forbidding entrance into the area.

It grabs attention that soldiers left the border crossing and region after ISIS gangs have launched attacks on Kobanê from an area near the Etmanek village, on Suruç side of the border, in the evening.