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Turkey's Syria offensive

Ground forces have been sent into northern Syria to create a "safe zone" on the border

Turkish forces are stepping up air strikes and a ground offensive, as their incursion into Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria enters a second day. We hear from a senior adviser to Turkey鈥檚 President Erdogan, Gulnur Aybet, and former chief of MI6 and the UK's former ambassador to the United Nations Sir John Sawers.

(Image: Turkish-backed rebels, credit : Getty Images)

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