People flee border town in northeast Syria - witness


Reuters | Damascus | Updated: 09-10-2019 19:32 IST | Created: 09-10-2019 19:31 IST
People flee border town in northeast Syria - witness
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A witness in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad told Reuters that sounds of explosions rang out and smoke was rising nearby along the border with Turkey, as people fled the town en masse on Wednesday.

Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria on Wednesday, with air strikes hitting the border town of Ras al Ain.

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