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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
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Smoke billows over the Syrian town of Tell Abyad, located just across the border with Turkey, after it was taken by Ankara-backed fighters. Turkey continues its assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria. IMAGES
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A convoy of Ankara-backed rebels drives near the Turkey-Syria border in the direction of the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad. IMAGES