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Turkey’s Syria incursion displaces over 300,000
[PRESSTV] ...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor... 's offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria has displaced over 300,000 people, a report says. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that the rise in the number of people forced to flee was due to a fresh wave of displacement over the past few days from areas around Tal Abyad and Kobane and in Hasakeh province. He said that most displaced people tried to move in with relatives in safer areas, some were sleeping rough in orchards and others in some of the 40 schools that have been turned into emergency shelters. On Thursday, the ninth day of the onslaught, "There have been intensive  ...KABOOM!... s on Ras al-Ain over the past three days," Abdel Rahman said. Related: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 2019-10-15 UN: Turkish forces in Syria have displaced 160,000 civilians Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 2019-10-14 Fourteen killed after Turkish strike in Ras al Ain Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 2019-10-13 Turkish boycott on Twitter. Related: Rami Abdel Rahman: 2019-10-11 Over 60,000 displaced in Turkish assault on Syria — monitor Rami Abdel Rahman: 2019-10-02 Deir Ezzor: Bomb kills three oil employees in east Syria: Monitor Rami Abdel Rahman: 2019-08-28 Syrian opposition launches largest Khan Sheikhoun attack since regime takeover Related: Turkish forces: 2019-10-16 Humanitarian aid groups fleeing Syria only compounds crisis: Kurdish official Turkish forces: 2019-10-16 Turkey-Syria offensive: Russia vows to prevent clashes with Assad forces Turkish forces: 2019-10-15 Goodbye to the Middle East by Peter Zeihan Related: Ras al-Ain: 2019-10-16 Iraq deploying troops to reinforce border with Syria: defense ministry Ras al-Ain: 2019-10-16 Humanitarian aid groups fleeing Syria only compounds crisis: Kurdish official Ras al-Ain: 2019-10-13 Turkey-backed proxy forces appear to commit war crimes in northern Syria Posted by: Fred 2019-10-18 |
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