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Added on the 12/10/2019 09:48:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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
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
At the Cilvegozu border crossing between Syria and Turkey, queues of Syrians fleeing the earthquake area pile up behind the checkpoint more than 10 days after the disaster. The February 6 earthquake claimed the lives of more than 38,000 people in southeastern Turkey and nearly 3,700 in neighbouring Syria. IMAGES
Images released by the Turkish National Defence Department show injured victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria being evacuated from a Turkish air force plane at Ankara airport. 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