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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visits rescue workers at the site of a collapsed building in the northern city of Aleppo, following Monday's massive earthquake that killed and injured thousands of people. IMAGES
Turkey is more determined than ever to secure its border with Syria and prevent attacks by Kurdish forces, says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who claims his country's "operations with plans, cannons and drones are only the beginning." SOUNDBITE
German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul at one of the president's residencies. IMAGES
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar arrives in Turkey's Hatay province, on the border with Syria, to meet with troops after Turkish and Syrian troops traded deadly fire in Syria's northwest on Monday, further raising tension between Ankara and regime backer Moscow over the war-torn Idlib rebel enclave. 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
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