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Around 450 Syrian fighters and their families were evacuated from two besieged areas on Monday under the kind of operation that the United Nations hopes can be a stepping stone towards a wider peace accord in the country's civil war.
Nathan Sales, the US State Department counterterrorism coordinator, says it "would be irresponsible for any country to expect Iraq" to prosecute foreign fighters instead of repatriating them to their countries of origin. SOUNDBITE
A military convoy sent by Ankara transporting Turkish-backed Syrian fighters and military vehicles arrives in the Turkish town of Akcakale near the Syrian border, a day after president Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched an offensive in northern Syria. IMAGES
A military convoy sent by Ankara transporting Turkish-backed Syrian fighters and military vehicles arrives in the Turkish town of Akcakale and heads to the Syrian border, a day after president Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched an offensive in northern Syria. IMAGES