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A boy looks on as he stands outside a tent at a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi in the north of the northwestern Idlib province. AFP

Syrian rebel fighters fire a Grad rocket towards government forces in northwestern Syria. AFP

Turkish military convoy drives through the village of Binnish, in Idlib province, Syria. AP Photo

A man carrying bags of bread walks as a patrol of US military vehicles is seen in the town of Tal Tamr in the northeastern Syrian Hasakeh province along the border with Turkey. AFP

A child poses as others behind him walk in a line through the mud at a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi in the north of the northwestern Idlib province. AFP

Syrian rebel fighters load a Grad rocket launcher in northwestern Syria. AFP

Displaced Mustafa Haj Ahmad poses for a picture with his children and relatives in a newly-established camp on the edges of Maaret Misreen town in Syria's Idlib province. AFP

Displaced Ghossoon drive with her family in search of a shelter in the town of Maaret Misrin town in Syria's Idlib province after fleeing regime and Russian bombardment. AFP

Displaced Ghossoon and her family rest in their parked car on the outskirts of Maaret Misrin town in Syria's Idlib province after fleeing regime and Russian bombardment. AFP

Syrian rebel fighters carry a Grad rocket in northwestern Syria. AFP

A boy looks on as he stands outside a tent at a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi in the north of the northwestern Idlib province. AFP

Syrian rebel fighters fire a Grad rocket towards government forces in northwestern Syria. AFP

Turkish military convoy drives through the village of Binnish, in Idlib province, Syria. AP Photo

A man carrying bags of bread walks as a patrol of US military vehicles is seen in the town of Tal Tamr in the northeastern Syrian Hasakeh province along the border with Turkey. AFP

A child poses as others behind him walk in a line through the mud at a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi in the north of the northwestern Idlib province. AFP

Syrian rebel fighters load a Grad rocket launcher in northwestern Syria. AFP

Displaced Mustafa Haj Ahmad poses for a picture with his children and relatives in a newly-established camp on the edges of Maaret Misreen town in Syria's Idlib province. AFP

Displaced Ghossoon drive with her family in search of a shelter in the town of Maaret Misrin town in Syria's Idlib province after fleeing regime and Russian bombardment. AFP

Displaced Ghossoon and her family rest in their parked car on the outskirts of Maaret Misrin town in Syria's Idlib province after fleeing regime and Russian bombardment. AFP

Syrian rebel fighters carry a Grad rocket in northwestern Syria. AFP

A boy looks on as he stands outside a tent at a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi in the north of the northwestern Idlib province. AFP

What Erdogan wants: Why Turkey has troops in north-east Syria

Ankara’s policy on Syria has largely been driven by domestic politics at home and the latest military escalation is no different

Andrew Wilks

February 09, 2020

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