Category: Turkey

Civilians at risk in Syria as Turkish Military offensive looms

Oct 9, 2019

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by

joanne

in Syria, Turkey

Amnesty International October 9, 2019 Responding to the Turkish government’s statements that its forces are set to cross into northeast Syria “shortly” as part of an offensive to move US-backed Kurdish forces away from its border, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director Lynn Maalouf said: “As the Turkish military gears up to attack Kurdish forces…