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U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday it would be very difficult to see how a so-called safe zone would work in Syria without a large military commitment. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
"Let's work together for a civilian, liberal constitution and change the post-coup constitution," says Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu after his ruling AK Party regained its parliamentary majority. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges Israel to create safe zones for Palestinian civilians in Gaza before it resumes "major military operations" in the Hamas-ruled territory. Speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv, he said Israel "must put in place humanitarian civilian protection plans that minimise further casualties of innocent Palestinians", "including by clearly and precisely designating areas and places in southern and central Gaza, where they can be safe and out of the line of fire". SOUNDBITE
Images of Turkish fighter jets taking off from a military base in Diyarbakir to carry out strikes against positions and targets of Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, "Turkey carried out air strikes this evening at 23:00 (20:00 GMT) in the regions of Tel Rifat, Cizire and Derik in northern Syria and destroyed 30 targets". Since Sunday evening, Ankara has been carrying out a campaign of drone bombings, which left at least nine people dead on Thursday, against PKK and YPG targets in Syria, in retaliation for the attack that wounded two policemen in Ankara on Sunday. IMAGES
Images show Turkish residents in the city of Gaziantep as they gather for the Friday Prayer at Hadji Veli Mosque, four days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and neighbouring Syria, killing over 20,000 people. IMAGES
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