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Smoke billows from the Jenin skyline as Israeli vehicles patrol the morning after Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank that the army labelled an "extensive counterterrorism effort," involving air strikes and hundreds of troops. IMAGES
A US contractor was killed and five American service members, plus another US contractor were injured after a drone struck a military base in northeast Syria, the Pentagon says. "A US contractor was killed and five US service members and one additional US contractor were wounded after a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle struck a maintenance facility on a coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria," says Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder. SOUNDBITE
US forces patrol part of Syria's border with Turkey in the first such move since Washington withdrew troops from the area earlier this month. IMAGES
Six Turkish armoured vehicles cross the border to join US troops in Syria for their first joint patrol under an agreement reached on August 7. IMAGES
Military vehicles are seen driving in Sudan's capital Khartoum, as shops began to reopen after demonstrators called off a nationwide civil disobedience campaign launched after a deadly crackdown in Khartoum killed dozens. IMAGES