Turkish military convoy seen entering Syria

A large Turkish military convoy was seen entering Syria on Saturday through the northwestern Bab el-Hawa border crossing.

The convoy, en route towards Jabal al-Zawiya, included armoured vehicles, tanks and bulldozers.

It comes as tensions have ratcheted up between Turkey and Syria.

Turkey has been pouring large amounts of material into Syria to counter a Russian-backed Syrian government offensive that has uprooted nearly a million civilians in Aleppo and Idlib provinces.

More than 55 Turkish troops have been killed since the country began sending further reinforcements into rebel-held areas of Syria earlier this month.

Turkey's defense ministry said late on Friday that one of its soldiers was killed and two were injured by Syrian government shelling.

It was the latest fatality after a deadly airstrike that killed 33 Turkish troops earlier this week.

Turkish President Erdogan has given the Syrian government until the end of the month to pull back from areas captured from rebels in Idlib, threatening large-scale military action if it does not.