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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
In Akçakale, civilians say goodbye to former Syrian rebels, supported by Ankara, who are travelling to back into Syria for the Turkish offensive. IMAGES
Video from a pro-Syrian Kurdish news agency purportedly shows a U.S.-backed alliance of Kurdish-led armed groups beginning an operation to seize territory north of Islamic State's de-facto capital Raqqa, although the campaign at this stage does not include an assault on the city itself. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).