More than 2,000 refugees crossed from Syria into Turkey on Wednesday, fleeing clashes pitting Kurdish fighters against the Islamic State (IS) group, a Turkish official says.
“Of those displaced, 686 are Iraqi nationals who first fled their country and then were forced to flee Syria,” a Turkish official tells AFP.
They left their war-torn country via the Turkish border post of Akcakale, which faces the IS-held Syrian town of Tel Abyad, the official says.
Nearly 9,000 refugees have entered Turkey since last week, the official adds.
Kurdish forces launched an offensive two weeks ago against the IS, and took over a dozen villages either side of Raqa.
— AFP
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