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Kurdish groups in France protest in Paris against the Turkish operation in Syria. Ankara stepped up its assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria on Saturday, defying mounting threats of international sanctions, even from Washington. IMAGES
Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies have gained ground in Ras al-Ain, a key border town where Kurdish fighters had been putting up stiff resistance, a war monitor says. IMAGES
Columns of smoke rise from the Syrian city of Ras al-Ain, targeted by intense Turkish fire. Ankara had announced on Saturday it had taken the city, but the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Sunday that Kurdish forces had pushed back Turkish troops and their Syrian allies. IMAGES
Residents of the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain flee the city in trucks loaded with their belongings, as Turkey continues its assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria. The offensive has displaced more than 60,000 people in less than a day, according to a war monitor. IMAGES
Syrian demonstrators chant slogans and raise opposition flags as they rally against a potential rapprochement between Ankara and the Assad regime in Damascus, in the rebel-held northwestern town of Idlib. IMAGES