Turkey sends commando battalion to Kosovo amid ethnic tensions.

Turkey will send commandos to Kosovo in response to a NATO request to join the alliance's KFOR peacekeeping force following unrest in the north of the country. The move comes amid a political crisis that has spiralled into violence in Kosovo's north, which has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the region's Serb-majority area. The violence prompted NATO to announce it would send additional troops on top of 700 already on their way to the Balkan country to boost its 4,000 strong mission.