Complex sentence: Turkey responded by shelling Syrian military targets over the border and positioning three armored personnel carriers on the southern edge of Akçakale, with their weapons pointed at Tel Abyad, a town a few kilometres into Syria.
Split into simpler sentences: Turkey responded by shelling Syrian military targets over the border. Turkish soldiers positioned three armored personnel carriers on the southern edge of Akçakale, with their weapons pointed at Tel Abyad, a town a few kilometres into Syria.