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Smoke rises in the background from bombardment around the area as fighters with the Free Syrian army drive their pick-up truck, left, past a Turkey Armed Forces convoy, at a highway between Maaret al-Numan and Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. The Turkish Defense Ministry says airstrikes have targeted a Turkish military convoy in Syria, killing at least three civilians and wounding 12 others in Monday's attack that occurred while the convoy was heading toward a Turkish observation post in the rebel-held stronghold of Idlib. (Murat Kibritoglu/DHA via AP)

Airstrikes target Turkish convoy in Syria, raising tensions

This photo provided by the activist-operated Thiqa News Agency, shows a Turkish military convoy heading toward the town of Khan Sheikhoun, in Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. The Turkish military convoy carrying ammunition crossed into northern Syria Monday and moved south through rebel-held areas before it was stopped by airstrikes that struck near the highway where the convoy was moving, opposition activists said. (Thiqa News Agency via AP)

The Latest: Turkey says its army convoy targeted in Syria

FILE - In this May 9, 2019 file photo, Ahmet Turk, the mayor of Mardin, southeastern Turkey, speaks in Ankara. Turkey's government says it has removed from office the elected mayors of three provinces in Turkey's mostly-Kurdish populated southeast region, including Turk, replacing them with government appointees. An Interior Ministry statement on Monday Aug. 19, 2019, accused the mayors of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, of aiding the outlawed Kurdish rebel group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey removes 3 pro-Kurdish mayors from office

Turkey no longer a friend

Minor damage, from an earthquake is seen on a street as residents stay out of buildings and on streets in Bozkurt, in Denizli province, west Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. The earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.0 hit western Turkey, damaging homes and causing some injuries, officials said. Bozkurt's mayor, Birsen Celik, told media that the quake knocked down two houses in the town but residents escaped with slight injuries. Several other homes were damaged with cracked walls. (Ramazan Cetin/DHA via AP)

Turkey: Quake damaged nearly 1,000 buildings, official says

A government supporter holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: "Trump unblock Venezuela" during a protest against U.S. sanctions, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Sweeping new U.S. sanctions freeze all of the Nicolas Maduro government's assets in the U.S. and even threaten to punish companies from third countries that keep doing business with his socialist administration. (AP Photo/Leonardo Fernandez)

Turkey criticizes US freeze on Venezuela assets

Attack on Turkish post in Syria injures 2 soldiers

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Minor damage, from an earthquake is seen on a street as residents stay out of buildings and on streets in Bozkurt, in Denizli province, west Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. The earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.0 hit western Turkey, damaging homes and causing some injuries, officials said. Bozkurt's mayor, Birsen Celik, told media that the quake knocked down two houses in the town but residents escaped with slight injuries. Several other homes were damaged with cracked walls. (Ramazan Cetin/DHA via AP)

Magnitude 6 quake shakes western Turkey; more than 20 hurt

Syrian troops take villages, push toward key rebel-held town

FILE - In this Thursday, June 20, 2019 file photo, a Turkish police officer patrols the dock, backdropped by the drilling ship 'Yavuz' to be dispatched to the Mediterranean, at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul. Turkey's state-run news Anadolu Agency quoted Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, Turkey's Energy Minister Fatih Donmez as saying that Yavuz, had begun operations in an area off the Karpas peninsula on Cyprus' east coast. Cyprus says Turkey's drilling activities are unlawful while the European Union announced sanctions against Turkey. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Second Turkish ship begins gas drilling off Cyprus

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his country's ambassadors in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. Turkey's combative president is threatening to launch a military operation in northeastern Syria that is designed to push back U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish forces, an invasion that carries major risks for a highly combustible region in war-devastated Syria.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

U.S., Turkey said to reach deal to head off clash over Syria, Kurds

FILE - In this April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier passes a U.S. position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. Some hundreds of U.S. troops are stationed in Syria, raising the possibility of an unintended confrontation between two NATO members playing out if Turkey launches an operation in the area. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

AP Explains: Turkish military move into Syria is high risk

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper briefs the media at a press conference following annual bilateral ministerial talks in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Esper: US intends to prevent Turkey invasion into Syria

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre left, ministers and army commanders follow a guard of honor at the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk before a meeting of the High Military Council in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Erdogan joined top commanders for one of the military's most important meetings to promote officers or dismiss others for disciplinary reasons. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Turkey says airstrikes have targeted a Turkish military convoy in Syria, killing at least three civilians.

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The U.S. and Turkey said Wednesday they have agreed to establish a operations center to oversee a proposed "safe zone" in northern Syria as a buffer between Turkish forces and U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish forces, after several days of sometimes difficult negotiations.

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