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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHundreds of civilians flee northern Syria border areas within last thirty minutes thanks to trump
Chaotic scenes in northern Syria as people flee for their lives
It is absolute gridlock here in northern Syria, near the border with Turkey, as people try to flee to safety with little idea of what the Turkish military has in store for them.
For civilians living in this Kurdish stronghold, it's their worst nightmare playing out before their eyes.
There was a hope up until the last minute that perhaps the US would stand in support of its Kurdish allies and prevent this incursion from happening.
But now there is widespread fear of what Turkey -- which views the YPG-controlled zone as an existential threat -- will do next.
For civilians living in this Kurdish stronghold, it's their worst nightmare playing out before their eyes.
There was a hope up until the last minute that perhaps the US would stand in support of its Kurdish allies and prevent this incursion from happening.
But now there is widespread fear of what Turkey -- which views the YPG-controlled zone as an existential threat -- will do next.
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/syria-turkey-military-offensive-dle-intl/index.html
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Hundreds of civilians flee northern Syria border areas within last thirty minutes thanks to trump (Original Post)
spanone
Oct 2019
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,879 posts)1. Maybe he, or someone in his administration is planning
to open some for-profit refugee centers?
dem4decades
(11,301 posts)2. Are there photos of our Kurdish allies dying yet?
Maybe Lindsay can tell us why this is a good thing.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. If and when a U.S.Military Person
loses his or her life trying to get out of the way,then things will get damn ugly. If the Russians are in Advisory Roles,most here have heard or read those stories of how excuses were made for Collateral damage.
Oh btw,those so called Russian Advisors were also with the so called Ukrainian Militia's during Putin's annexing of Crimea and the Border areas of the Ukraine .