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DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:45 P.M.) Recently released satellite images show the Turkish Army constructing two new bases near the bordering city of Jarablus in northern Syria.

The images, taken on September last year and this April, clearly display the development of the construction works.

This comes only one week after Turkey has officially ended the Euphrates Shield military operation to curb the Islamic State as well as Kurdish forces. However, the statement didnt specify whether the troops will withdraw or not.

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Today, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed more cross-border operations inside Syrian territories.

We have completed the first phase of the Euphrates Shield Operation with the cleaning of al-Bab, Syria, from terrorists. It is now over and there will be [operations] from now on,Erdogan said.

A clear conflict of interest has emerged between the US and its NATO ally Turkey since the former supported a Kurdish-led alliance to drive away the Islamic State.

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