More than 60,000 displaced by Turkey assault on Syria — monitor

As of Thursday afternoon, Turkey’s military offensive on northeastern Syria has displaced more than 60,000 people in less than a day, according to a war monitor.

Syrian Arab and Kurdish civilians flee with their belongings amid Turkish bombardment on Syria’s northeastern town of Ras al-Ain on October 9, 2019. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says large number of residents from the border areas of Ras al-Ain, Tal Abyad and Derbasiyeh had fled their homes, mostly east towards the city of Hasakeh.

— AFP

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