Qatar’s Ministry of Defence yesterday announced the arrival of a new batch of reinforcement troops from Turkey at the Al Udeid Air Base, including elements of the Turkish Joint Forces Command. The new reinforcement batch will join the Turkish forces currently based at Tariq bin Ziyad battalion, which comes within the joint defence agreement signed between Qatar and Turkey, the Defence Ministry’s Directorate of Defence Communication said. This co-operation between the Qatari and Turkish forces comes within the framework of combating terrorism and violent extremism, and maintaining security in the region. The new batch will begin military exercises with the Qatari armed forces to increase joint military capabilities.