Turkey launches military offensive in Syria
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Kurdish militia are making overtures toward Damascus and Moscow as Turkish jets pound their territory in Syria and the U.S. withdraws. It marks a new chapter in the war’s tangle of alliances.
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In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from targets inside Syria during bombardment by Turkish forces Wednesday. Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria after U.S. forces pulled back from the area, with a series of airstrikes hitting a town on Syria's northern border.
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In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, and shortly after the Turkish operation inside Syria started, a flag of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, flies on a building, Wednesday.
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People watch as a Turkish military convoy moves near the border, shortly after the start of a Turkish operation inside Syria, through the town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border between Turkey and Syria, Wednesday.
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Syrians flee shelling by Turkish forces in Ras al Ayn, northeast Syria, Wednesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of a Turkish military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria.
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, back centre, with military and Intelligence chiefs, ministers and his ruling party members in an operations room at the presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday.
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Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, center, sits with Turkish army's top commanders in an operation room at the army headquarters, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday.
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Syrians flee shelling by Turkish forces in Ras al Ayn, northeast Syria, Wednesday.
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Syrians flee shelling by Turkish forces in Ras al Ayn, northeast Syria, Wednesday.
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Kurdish demonstrators and supporters of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, seen on yellow flags, protest against the Turkish airstrikes on northern Syria, during a demonstration in Paris, Wednesday.
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Kurdish demonstrators and supporters of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, seen on flags, protest against the Turkish airstrikes on northern Syria, during a demonstration in Paris, Wednesday.
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