Smoke rises from Syrian border town as Turkish pushes offensive

Record ID: 1436990

  • Title: Smoke rises from Syrian border town as Turkish pushes offensive
  • Date: 16th October 2019
  • Summary: RAS AL AIN, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY) (OCTOBER 16, 2019) (REUTERS) LARGE COLUMN OF DARK SMOKE RISING PLUMES OF SMOKE RISING OVER BUILDINGS COLUMN OF DARK SMOKE RISING VARIOUS OF PLUMES OF SMOKE RISING OVER BUILDINGS SKYLINE OF RAS AL AIN, SMOKE RISING
  • Embargoed: 30th October 2019 11:23
  • Keywords: Syria border Turkey Kurds U.S. smoke shelling
  • Location: RAS AL AIN, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY)
  • City: RAS AL AIN, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM CEYLANPINAR, TURKEY)
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B1CL83R
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Plumes of dark smoke rose over Ras al Ain on Wednesday (October 16) as shelling bombarded the Syrian border town.
    The Turkish campaign shows no sign of abating on the ground, with most of the fighting so far, around Ras al Ain and Tel Abyad. A Reuters cameraman in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar reported the sound of heavy gunfire just across the frontier in Ras al Ain, a town which Turkey's defence ministry had earlier said its forces control.
    U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, flew to Turkey on Wednesday as part of an emergency delegation to try to persuade Ankara to halt an assault on northern Syria that has forced Washington into an abrupt retreat.
    Trump's unexpected decision to withhold protection from Syria's Kurds after a phone call with Erdogan a week ago swiftly upended five years of U.S. policy on Syria.
    As well as clearing the way for the Turkish incursion, the U.S. withdrawal gives a free hand to Washington's adversaries in the world's deadliest ongoing war, namely Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies.
    (Production: Mert Ozkan, Aiden Nulty)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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