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Turkish forces arrive in Kosovo to bolster NATO-led peacekeepers

Violent clashes with ethnic Serbs last Monday left 30 international soldiers - 11 Italians and 19 Hungarians - wounded, including fractures and burns from improvised explosive incendiary devices

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KFOR soldiers, front, and Kosovo police officers guard a municipal building after clashes in Zvecan recently. Pic/AP

KFOR soldiers, front, and Kosovo police officers guard a municipal building after clashes in Zvecan recently. Pic/AP

The Turkish commando battalion requested by NATO has arrived in Kosovo to assist in quelling recent violent unrest in the Balkan country.

The Turkish Defence Ministry shared a video on Sunday showing troops wearing the insignia of the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force departing Turkiye and arriving in Kosovo.

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