ISIS breakouts, US troop withdrawals, Assad advances: the weekend in Syria news

The aftermath of Trump’s sudden Syria withdrawal decision has turned very violent — with the potential to get much worse. Original article by Alex Ward Turkey-backed Syrian fighters gather on the northern outskirts of the Syrian…

Kurdish forces strike deal with Damascus, Moscow to repel Turkey

Original Article by Saphora Smith and Mac William Bishop, October 14, 2019 TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER — Syrian government troops were headed north toward the Turkish border Monday after the Kurds called on Damascus and Moscow for military…

International volunteers play a key role in documenting Turkish offensive

Original article by Will Christou, October 13, 2019 Syrian women sit in the back of a pick up truck civilians flee amid Turkey's military assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria, 11/10/2019 (AFP) Amman- As the Turkish…

ISIS families escape Ain Issa camp in northeast Syria after Turkish bombardment

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The defense post Original article by Joanne Stocker, October 13, 2019 Hundreds of family members of Islamic State adherents held inside a camp in Ain Issa, northern Syria, have escaped following Turkish bombardment nearby, according…

Under the bombs: The first days of Turkey’s ‘safe zone’ have been anything but for civilians trapped in northeast Syria

Original article by Richard Hall, 12 October 2019 Syrian Arab and Kurdish civilians arrive to Tall Tamr town, in the Syrian northwestern Hasakeh province, after fleeing Turkish bombardment on the northeastern towns along the Turkish border…

Kurdish civilians flee as Turkish forces bomb Syria for third day

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Original article by Michael Safi in Amman and Julian Borger in Washington Airstrikes and shells hit north-east as Trump raises possibility of sanctions on Ankara Syrian-Arab and Kurdish civilians arrive in Hassakah city after fleeing…

Turkey-backed forces seize control of Syrian border town as offensive continues

Original Article by Nabih Bulos, Oct. 12, 2019, AMMAN - Jordan Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and Turkish soldiers watch as smoke billows from the border town of Ras al-Ayn, Syria, on Saturday.(Nazeer Al-Khatib / AFP/Getty Images) Turkish-backed…

Islamic State rears its head, adding to chaos as Turkey battles Kurds

Original article by The Sangai Express, October 12, 2019 Ceylanpinar, Oct 12 The Turkish invasion of Kurdish-held territory in northern Syria raised new fears of a resurgence of the Islamic State on Friday, as five militants escaped from…

Turkey Syria offensive: ‘The Kurds have no friends but the mountains’

Original article by BBC, 10 October 2019 Activists say tens of thousands of people have fled towns along the Syria-Turkey border "It's like hell. I am afraid for all my family and everyone I know." Sevinaz is from a town near Syria's…

Turkey begins offensive on Kurdish-held Syrian territory

Original article by MEE and agencies, 9 October 2019 Assault on northeastern region begins despite Trump's insistence that Washington has not abandoned the Kurds Smoke billows following Turkish bombardment in the northeastern town of…