- Title: Turkey continues its military offensive in Syria
- Date: 11th October 2019
- Summary: RAS AL AIN, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY) (OCTOBER 11, 2019) (REUTERS) CLOUDS OF SMOKE RISING TO SKY VARIOUS OF SMOKE BILLOWING OUT BEHIND BUSHES LARGE PLUMES OF SMOKE RISING TO THE SKY AFTER AN EXPLOSION VARIOUS OF SMOKE BILLOWING OUT/ AUDIO OF EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN THE BACKGROUND CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY (OCTOBER 11, 2019) (REUTERS) VEHICLES DRIVING UNDER LARGE TURKISH FLAG SYRIAN REBEL WAVING ATOP AN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER
- Embargoed: 25th October 2019 15:10
- Keywords: Syria Turkey Turkey continues military offensive in Syria Syriam Rebels Turkish president Erdogan NATO Middle East conflict
- Location: RAS AL AIN, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY) / CEYLANPINAR, AKCAKALE AND ISTANBUL, TURKEY / QAMISHLI, SYRIA / TEL ABYAD, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM AKCAKALE, TURKEY)
- City: RAS AL AIN, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY) / CEYLANPINAR, AKCAKALE AND ISTANBUL, TURKEY / QAMISHLI, SYRIA / TEL ABYAD, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM AKCAKALE, TURKEY)
- Country: Various
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0NMA87
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
Turkey's campaign in Syria intensified on Friday (October 11), reaching its third day of military action.
The offensive has killed hundreds of people and forced tens of thousands to flee. Plumes of smoke were seen rising from border towns Ras al Ain and Tel Abyad after airstrikes hit the area.
Residents in Syria's Qamishli region also dealt with the aftermath of air strikes.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan as part of a working visit to Turkey's largest city of Istanbul.
Turkey's military offensive into northern Syria was high on the agenda, Turkish Presidential officials said.
Turkey says the purpose of its assault is to defeat the Kurdish YPG militia, which it sees as an enemy for its links to insurgents in Turkey. It says it aims to set up a "safe zone" inside Syria, where it can resettle many of the 3.6 million refugees it has been hosting.
World powers fear Turkey's offensive could open a new phase in Syria's war and deepen regional turmoil.
The incursion, launched after Trump withdrew U.S. troops who had been fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State militants, has opened a new front in the eight-year-old Syrian civil war and drawn fierce international criticism.
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