Kurd families flee to Iraq as armies advance

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Fri, 2019-10-18 05:37

BERDARCH/IRAQ: With an array of armies zeroing in on their homes since Turkey launched an offensive on northern Syria, Kurdish families have been joining fellow Kurds across the border in Iraq to escape rockets and bombardment.

Rosine Omar, 28, reached the safety of Berdarch camp in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan from the flashpoint town of Ras Al-Ain, a key target of the assault on Kurdish-held northeast Syria that Ankara launched on Oct. 9.

“In Ras Al-Ain, the situation was unbearable. We heard rocket fire and were worried the situation would get even worse,” she said.

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