Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to keep fighting in Syria until all his country's goals have been met.
Erdogan is shrugging off international pressure for an immediate ceasefire and the battle on the ground goes on.
Diplomatic efforts to end the fighting are also intensifying. US Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Turkey to push for a ceasefire.
The US delegation is due to meet the Turkish president. They come armed with President Trump's threat of more sanctions if they are ignored.
But that is unlikely to sway Erdogan.
Meanwhile, the United Nations special envoy for Syria is in Damascus is calling for an immediate end to the Turkish operation citing humanitarian concerns.

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