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Turkey assault in NE Syria displaced 300,000: monitor


Thursday, 17 October, 2019 , 06:24

Beirut, Oct 17, 2019 (AFP) — Turkey's week-old offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria has displaced more than 300,000 people, a war monitor said Thursday.

"More than 300,000 civilians have been displaced since the start of the offensive," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said.