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A military convoy sent by Ankara transporting Turkish-backed Syrian fighters and military vehicles arrives in the Turkish town of Akcakale near the Syrian border, a day after president Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched an offensive in northern Syria. IMAGES
A military convoy sent by Ankara transporting Turkish-backed Syrian fighters and military vehicles arrives in the Turkish town of Akcakale and heads to the Syrian border, a day after president Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched an offensive in northern Syria. IMAGES
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters celebrate in the streets of Afrin on Sunday. Turkish forces and their Syrian allies were in control of the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin in northwestern Syria on Sunday, AFP journalists on the ground reported. IMAGES
Civilians took to the roads on Friday to flee Afrin, as Turkish-led forces pressed an operation to seize the Kurdish-majority region. IMAGES
Damascus pitched pro-government forces into the fray Tuesday against Turkey in a Kurdish-held border region. The pro-regime fighters entered the northern Afrin region, escalating a month-long offensive by Ankara in another major twist for Syria's complex near-seven-year war. IMAGES
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