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Turkish military vehicles enter the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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A Syrian man walks amid the rubble of a building following reported air strikes by regime forces on the village of Kityan in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. AFP
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Turkish military vehicles enter the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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Turkish military vehicles enter the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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Turkish military vehicles enter the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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A Turkish military personnel looks out the window of a military vehicle as it enters the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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Members of a Syrian civil defence team, known as the White Helmets, search for survivors under the rubble of a building, following reported airstrikes on the Syrian town of Ibbin Semaan, in the western countryside of Aleppo. AFP
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Turkish military vehicles enter the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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A Syrian rebel fires a rocket towards regime forces positions in the southern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province. AFP
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A Syrian man walks amid the rubble of a building following reported air strikes by regime forces on the village of Kityan in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. AFP
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Turkish military vehicles enter the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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Turkish military vehicles enter the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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Turkish military vehicles enter the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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A Turkish military personnel looks out the window of a military vehicle as it enters the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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Members of a Syrian civil defence team, known as the White Helmets, search for survivors under the rubble of a building, following reported airstrikes on the Syrian town of Ibbin Semaan, in the western countryside of Aleppo. AFP
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Turkish military vehicles enter the Bal al-Halwa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib governorate, Syria. REUTERS
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