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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
Israeli security forces inspect a site where a rocket, launched from Lebanon, fell in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona near the border, as tensions between Israel on one side and Hezbollah and allied Palestinian factions on the other intensify over Israel's war with Hamas. IMAGES
Serbia has begun withdrawing troops from the Kosovo border after the United States warned of an unprecedented build-up, the White House says. SOUNDBITE
Syrians protest against President Bashar al-Assad's government in the Daraa province town of Bosra al-Sham, openly calling for an end to Assad's rule. Daraa was the cradle of the 2011 uprising, which Assad bloodily suppressed, triggering more than a decade of civil war which has killed more than half a million people and driven millions more from their homes. IMAGES
Sikhs gather at the Golden Temple in northern India’s Amritsar to pray for those affected by the recent earthquake in Turkey. The magnitude 7.8 quake hit on Monday, 6 February 2022, close to the Syrian border. The earthquake and subsequent aftershocks killed more than 11,200 people. A Sikh priest along with members and employees of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) prayed at the Teja Singh Samundri Hall at the Golden Temple complex - one of the holiest sites in Sikhism. IMAGES