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U.N. Special Envoy for Syria urges the leaders of Russia and the U.S. to salvage the "barely alive" two-month cessation of hostilities in Syria. Natasha Howitt reports.
"Where is my mum?" A girl asks rescuers, after being pulled alive from the rubble caused by a devastating Turkey quake on Monday night. Turkey's southeastern city of Hatay lying on the border with Syria is among the cities struck hardest by a major earthquake that killed more than 3,800 and flattened countless buildings. IMAGES
Donald Trump says he does not know whether American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted more than seven years ago in Syria, is still alive. Referring to his administration's efforts to secure the release of American hostages or prisoners around the world, the US president said it was working "very hard with Syria to get him out." 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
US Vice President Mike Pence meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey in a bid to secure a ceasefire to halt the Turkish offensive in Syria. IMAGES
Smoke billows above the Syrian town Khan Sheikhoun after Damascus resumed air strikes on northwest Syria's Idlib, scrapping a ceasefire for the jihadist-run bastion and accusing its opponents of targeting an airbase of its ally Russia. IMAGES