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In Akçakale, civilians say goodbye to former Syrian rebels, supported by Ankara, who are travelling to back into Syria for the Turkish offensive. IMAGES
US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications, Ben Rhodes, warned Turkey against engaging with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during the daily press briefing in Washington D.C. on Monday. Rhodes said that although the US support the Turkish effort to rid Jarablus of so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters, they do not however "support and we would oppose efforts to move south and engage in activities against" the SDF.
Images released by the Turkish National Defence Department show injured victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria being evacuated from a Turkish air force plane at Ankara airport. IMAGES
Turkish Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets with US national security advisor Robert O’Brien in Ankara amid rising tensions between Turkey and the United States as Ankara rebuffed international pressure to curb its deadly offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria. IMAGES
Syrian government forces are seen in the town of Tall Tamr in the countryside of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, as Syrian regime forces moved towards the Turkish border after Damascus reached a deal with beleaguered Kurdish forces following a US withdrawal announcement. IMAGES
Residents of the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain flee the city in trucks loaded with their belongings, as Turkey continues its assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria. The offensive has displaced more than 60,000 people in less than a day, according to a war monitor. IMAGES
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