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US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Mark A. Milley, says Turkey's ground incursion in Syria has been 'relatively limited'. SOUNDBITE
US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Turkey for critical talks with its leadership as Ankara launches a military operation to drive Islamic State jihadists out of a key Syrian border town. IMAGES.
France's Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu welcomes US Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin at the Hôtel de Brienne in Paris. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns a strike on an Iranian consular annex building in Syria one day earlier, Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari tells the Security Council, after the attack -- which Tehran has blamed on Israel -- killed at least 13 people. "Let me be very clear, the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises and personnel must be respected in all cases in accordance with international law," Khiari says. SOUNDBITE
The spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns a strike on an Iranian consular annex building in Syria one day earlier. "The principle of inviolability of diplomatic and consulate premises and personnel must be respected in all cases in accordance with international law", says Stephane Dujarric on behalf of the UN chief. SOUNDBITE