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Janez Lenarcic, EU Commissioner for crisis management, announces that international donors pledged 6.9 billion euros ($7.7 billion) to face the ongoing humanitarian challenges of the nine-year Syrian crisis. SOUNDBITE
Planes parked on the runway of Ankara Esenboga Airport thought to be involved in a prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. IMAGES
A Russian jet arrives at Esen Boga airport in Ankara, the Turkish capital, ahead of an expected prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries, reported by US media. IMAGES
At the call of thirteen NGOs, including Doctors Without Borders and Amnesty International, a group of people gather in front of the Eiffel Tower to call for an immediate "ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip, on the eve of the international humanitarian conference organised by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. IMAGES
Images of Turkish fighter jets taking off from a military base in Diyarbakir to carry out strikes against positions and targets of Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, "Turkey carried out air strikes this evening at 23:00 (20:00 GMT) in the regions of Tel Rifat, Cizire and Derik in northern Syria and destroyed 30 targets". Since Sunday evening, Ankara has been carrying out a campaign of drone bombings, which left at least nine people dead on Thursday, against PKK and YPG targets in Syria, in retaliation for the attack that wounded two policemen in Ankara on Sunday. IMAGES
Football fans are dancing and enjoying during the afternoon at Taksim Square in Istanbul, a few hours before Manchester City-Inter Milan Champions League final kick-off. IMAGES