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Russia and Syrian rebels cast doubt over the prospects for an increasingly shaky ceasefire, as Moscow says the situation on the ground is worsening and a senior insurgent warns the truce will not hold. Ashraf Fahim reports.
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar arrives in Turkey's Hatay province, on the border with Syria, to meet with troops after Turkish and Syrian troops traded deadly fire in Syria's northwest on Monday, further raising tension between Ankara and regime backer Moscow over the war-torn Idlib rebel enclave. IMAGES
European Council president Donald Tusk says after a meeting of EU leaders that Turkey's US-brokered truce is not serious and demands Ankara halt its offensive against Kurdish forces. SOUNDBITE
The tank biathlon was full speed ahead on day six of the 2018 International Army Games. Teams from Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyztan, Myanmar, Syria, Tajikistan and Vietnam competed on the sixth day of the games.
Russia says there is no agreement at the UN Security Council on a 30-day ceasefire for Syria and presents amendments to a draft resolution that would allow aid deliveries and the evacuation of civilians from besieged Eastern Ghouta. IMAGES of Security Council meeting