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Turkish war planes on Saturday launched air strikes on positions of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria, the prime minister said, as Ankara launched a new operation against the group. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on a visit to Germany, says he sees all faiths as equal and rejects suggestions that his attacks on Israel have anti-Semitic undertones. "If there was a struggle against anti-Semitism, I was the first leader in the world to lead that struggle," Erdogan says during a joint media appearance with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. SOUNDBITE
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
Istanbul (Turkey), Sep 21 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sedat Suna) Adnan Osman, a 12-year-old Syrian Kurdish refugee, is a promising fighter for the Avcilar Municipality Sports Club in Istanbul who is clear that "he wants to win championships in name of Turkey", the country that welcomed him and his family when he was just three years old, after fleeing the war in Syria.FOOTAGE OF OSMAN DURING A FIGHT AT THE FESTIVAL ULUGAZI OIL WRESTLING IN ISTANBUL. FOOTAGE OF HIS TRAINING WITH TRAINER YASIN GÜNES.
Dalaman (Turkey), Aug 3 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Erdem Sahin) The Spanish seaplanes sent to fight the fires in Turkey have fueled the controversy in the country about the poor preparation of the Government since the nine similar aircraft of which Ankara has been out of service due to lack of maintenance.FOOTAGE OF THE WORK OF THE UME FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE SEA PLANES IN THE DALAMAN AIRPORT, FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THESE.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).