The Turkish army has staged tank exercises near its border with Syria days after it reinforced its border troops with tanks, missile launchers and armored combat vehicles.

According to Turkish sources, some 25 tanks took part in the exercises in the Nusaybin district of Mardin Province, just 2 kilometers away from the Syrian border, on Wednesday, Press TV re-ports.

The maneuvers, conducted by the Mardin 70th Mechanized Brigade, aim at testing the tanks' speed and maneuverability.

The exercises were overseen by local commanders and are expected to continue for a couple of days.
Turkey has warned that it will attack PKK positions in Syria if the group launches attacks against Turkey from the Arab state. Ankara has carried out several military operations against the PKK camps in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.