- Title: Turkey-backed fighters wave Syrian rebel flag in Tel Abyad
- Date: 13th October 2019
- Summary: TEL ABYAD, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM AKCAKALE, TURKEY) (OCTOBER 13, 2019) (REUTERS) TURKEY-BACKED FIGHTERS WAVING SYRIAN REBEL FLAG TEL ABYAD, SYRIA (OCTOBER 13, 2019) (REUTERS) REBEL WALKING PAST BUILDING ARMED REBELS IN TEL ABYAD REBELS WALKING IN STREET SYRIAN REBEL FLAGS FLYING AT BORDER / TURKISH FLAGS SEEN ON TURKISH SIDE OF THE BORDER REBELS SETTING SYRIAN KURDISH YPG FLAG ABLAZE
- Embargoed: 27th October 2019 14:39
- Keywords: Syria Turkey military operation YPG flag FSA
- Location: TEL ABYAD, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM AKCAKALE, TURKEY), TEL ABYAD, SYRIA
- City: TEL ABYAD, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM AKCAKALE, TURKEY), TEL ABYAD, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0XKH1J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Turkey's Syrian fighter allies waved Syrian Rebel Flag in Tel Abyad and set the Kurdish YPG flag ablaze on Sunday (October 13) after capturing the strategic border town.
Located on the Syrian border, Tel Abyad is one of the main focal points of the Turkish offensive that began on Wednesday against the Kurdish-led alliance Syrian Democratic Forces of which the YPG is a part of.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based organisation that reports on the conflict, said Turkey and its allies were in almost complete control of the town.
The Turkey-led forces have so far seized control of 109 square km (42 square miles), territory including 17 villages around Tel Abyad and four villages around Ras Al Ain, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
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