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Bulgarian authorities said hundreds of Europeans have travelled to Bulgaria to cross into Turkey, with some then entering Syria to join the Islamic State, Bulgarian Interior Minister Veselin Vuchkov told AFP.
Lorries carrying humanitarian aid arrive on the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. As part of the truce deal, Israel is to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, where 2.4 million people are struggling to survive amid shortages of food, water and fuel. IMAGES
At the Cilvegozu border crossing between Syria and Turkey, queues of Syrians fleeing the earthquake area pile up behind the checkpoint more than 10 days after the disaster. The February 6 earthquake claimed the lives of more than 38,000 people in southeastern Turkey and nearly 3,700 in neighbouring Syria. IMAGES
Turkey is more determined than ever to secure its border with Syria and prevent attacks by Kurdish forces, says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who claims his country's "operations with plans, cannons and drones are only the beginning." SOUNDBITE
Rockets fired on Monday from Syria towards the Turkish border town of Karkamis kill two people and wound six, according to a regional governor. The Anadolu official press agency reports that the strikes hit a high school and two houses as well as a truck near the border crossing that links Karkamis to the Syrian town of Jarablus. IMAGES