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Turkey's military, backed by U.S.-led coalition warplanes, launches an operation to wipe out Islamic State militants along its border. Natasha Howitt reports.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns NATO ally Turkey against a military offensive in Syria, saying it would put the region at risk. SOUNDBITE
World leaders including Germany's Angela Merkel, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pose with their peers at the opening of the annual NATO summit held in Watford, United Kingdom, among tensions between the members on the strategical and financial future of the alliance. IMAGES of the family photo
Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies have gained ground in Ras al-Ain, a key border town where Kurdish fighters had been putting up stiff resistance, a war monitor says. IMAGES
Turkish forces and their proxies seize Tal Abyad, the largest town they have captured in their offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria, a war monitor said. IMAGES of smoke rising from Tal Abyad and military activity
Columns of smoke rise from the Syrian city of Ras al-Ain, targeted by intense Turkish fire. Ankara had announced on Saturday it had taken the city, but the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Sunday that Kurdish forces had pushed back Turkish troops and their Syrian allies. IMAGES