Turkish operation displaces 70,000 civilians in N Syria: monitor

Photo taken from southern Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar on Oct. 10, 2019 shows smoke rising from the northern Syrian city of Ras al-Ain during an attack launched by Turkish army. Turkish airstrikes and howitzers have hit 181 targets in northern Syria as part of Operation Peace Spring, said Turkish Defense Ministry on Thursday. Turkish troops have entered 7 km deep into the border town of Tal Abyad in Syria, but the move is slower in the city of Ras al-Ain because of intense fire from the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)