- Title: Turkish jet takes off from military base in southeast Diyarbakir
- Date: 10th October 2019
- Summary: DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY (OCTOBER 10, 2019) (REUTERS) TURKISH JET TAKING OFF FROM DIYARBAKIR AIRBASE AND FLYING PAST CAMERA VARIOUS OF FIGHTER JET TAXIING ON TARMAC AFTER RETURNING TO THE AIRBASE
- Embargoed: 24th October 2019 10:32
- Keywords: Turkey Syria military operation jets air strike Kurdish militia
- Location: DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY
- City: DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0IKN5Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Turkish jets took off from Diyarbakir airbase on Thursday (October 10) as Turkish commandos pushed deeper into Syrian territory east of the Euphrates river on the second day of an offensive against Kurdish militia.
NATO-ally Turkey has said it intends to create a "safe zone" in order to return millions of refugees to Syria. But world powers fear the Turkish action could exacerbate the conflict, and run the risk of ISIS prisoners escaping from camps amid the chaos.
A witness in the Turkish town of Akcakale said volleys of rockets were fired from there across the border into Syria's Tel Abyad. Smoke rose from two targets hit on the Syrian side of the border, he said.
The Turkish military has hit 181 targets of the Kurdish militia with its air force and artillery since the start of operation into northeast Syria, the ministry said.
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