Update December 4: Northern Syria Offensive

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Highlights - As displaced families continue to pour in to NES, the DAANES estimates that numbers of IDPs will soon reach 120,000. - Critical shortages of essential supplies, food, water, medicines and accommodation for IDPs. - SNA commits…

Kurdish civilians flee as Turkish forces bomb Syria for third day

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Original article by Michael Safi in Amman and Julian Borger in Washington Airstrikes and shells hit north-east as Trump raises possibility of sanctions on Ankara Syrian-Arab and Kurdish civilians arrive in Hassakah city after fleeing…

Turkey-backed forces seize control of Syrian border town as offensive continues

Original Article by Nabih Bulos, Oct. 12, 2019, AMMAN - Jordan Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and Turkish soldiers watch as smoke billows from the border town of Ras al-Ayn, Syria, on Saturday.(Nazeer Al-Khatib / AFP/Getty Images) Turkish-backed…

Islamic State rears its head, adding to chaos as Turkey battles Kurds

Original article by The Sangai Express, October 12, 2019 Ceylanpinar, Oct 12 The Turkish invasion of Kurdish-held territory in northern Syria raised new fears of a resurgence of the Islamic State on Friday, as five militants escaped from…

Turkey Syria offensive: ‘The Kurds have no friends but the mountains’

Original article by BBC, 10 October 2019 Activists say tens of thousands of people have fled towns along the Syria-Turkey border "It's like hell. I am afraid for all my family and everyone I know." Sevinaz is from a town near Syria's…

Turkey begins offensive on Kurdish-held Syrian territory

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Original article by MEE and agencies, 9 October 2019 Assault on northeastern region begins despite Trump's insistence that Washington has not abandoned the Kurds Smoke billows following Turkish bombardment in the northeastern town of…