Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Doctors in Syrian city of Afrin struggle to cope with flood of airstrike victims

AFRIN, Syria -- In Syria, some food and medicine finally reached civilians in Eastern Ghouta Monday, the rebel-held town outside Damascus, where 700 people have been killed by Syrian airstrikes in the past two weeks. In the north, it's ally versus ally: the Kurds -- America's most effective partner against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) -- are now fighting Turkey. Throughout Syria's seven-year war, the city of Afrin was untouched, but not anymore. Since January, Turkey has been targeting the ethnic Kurds who live here with airstrikes and shelling. It sees the Kurdish forces as a terrorist group on their border. While Afrin is under Kurdish control, it's in Syrian territory, so President

Source:  Yahoo News

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