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Civilians Flee As Syria Kurds Battle Turkish Invasion

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad after Turkish bombings Wednesday as Ankara opened up an assault on the mostly Kurdish region
Thousands of civilians fled air strikes and shelling as Syria's Kurds battled to hold off a Turkish invasion on Thursday, with fears mounting of a developing humanitarian crisis.US President Donald Trump tried to justify the de facto green light he gave his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for an assault seen as a blatant betrayal of Washington's erstwhile Kurdish allies.Later Trump suggested that Washington could mediate between Turkey and Kurdish groups and a US official said Trump has asked American diplomats to broker a ceasefire.
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