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Kurds call on Turkey to end a new security offensive in the southeastern part of the country, that they say has killed more than a score of civilians. Diane Hodges reports.
At the Cilvegozu border crossing between Syria and Turkey, queues of Syrians fleeing the earthquake area pile up behind the checkpoint more than 10 days after the disaster. The February 6 earthquake claimed the lives of more than 38,000 people in southeastern Turkey and nearly 3,700 in neighbouring Syria. IMAGES
Syrian demonstrators chant slogans and raise opposition flags as they rally against a potential rapprochement between Ankara and the Assad regime in Damascus, in the rebel-held northwestern town of Idlib. IMAGES
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
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