BREAKING: Medical humanitarian charity Mdecins Sans Frontires (Doctors Without Borders) says it...

[demmiblue]

BREAKING: Medical humanitarian charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) says it has made the "difficult decision to suspend most of our activities" in northern Syria "and evacuate all our international staff" due to the volatile situation in the region.

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[Arkansas Granny]

1. The situation must be very dangerous if they are leaving. They operate in war zones and natural

disasters all over the world. Their hospitals have been bombed in Syria in the past.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Syrian government troops are likely to arrest journalists, and maybe MSF doctors too

IRAQ, NEAR SYRIA BORDER - Dozens of journalists stepped off white minibuses Monday that carried them out of Syria and into Iraq. Syrian government troops were coming, they said, and may be taking over the region.

"It's over," said one woman in camouflage trousers and boots. "We can't do our jobs."

Turkish assaults in the area had been brutal over the past few days, and reporters have been among the hundreds killed. But the press left mostly because they were traveling with permits from Kurdish authorities in what could possibly soon be Damascus-controlled areas. They did not want to risk arrest.

Sunday, the Syrian government and Kurdish authorities worked out a deal to counter Turkish assaults, but the details are still not clear about who is in charge and where. What is clear is that the deal included deployment of government troops in areas that have been controlled by Kurdish-led forces for years.

https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/journalists-evacuate-northeastern-syria-government-troops-take-border-cities

[Arkansas Granny]

7. If the journalists are leaving or arrested, war crimes and atrocities

won't be reported.

[Iliyah]

2. Effing shithole and the Republican effed up party.

[flamingdem]

3. Turkey is using Islamic militants and ex? Isis fighters as its front line

with the Kurds. That spells a human rights disaster. This is info given last night by Richard Engel on Rachel Maddow's show on msnbc.

[tblue37]

6. Remember, Erdogan was all about letting ISIS recruits cross over the Turkey birder. nt

[Iliyah]

5. There are still 1,000 US troops trapped in Syria, but alas

McTurtle is still pushing RW judges who are probably pro-Russian.

[world wide wally]

8. My question would be "WHY" did God send Trump to save our country?

Is the world ONLY about abortion?

[bobbieinok]

10. Also need judges anti-LGBT! Don't forget!

[IronLionZion]

11. To see if enough good people will step up and stop him

[Mersky]

9. Gosh, that's a hard blow. Just sent them an additional donation. eom

[calimary]

12. Even the helpers can't go where they're desperately needed.

That’s how fucked up this is.

Thanks a heap, donald. Does this make you eligible for a war crimes tribunal?

[Mersky]

13. Kick. This needs to be seen and shared. nt