(CBN) – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan advanced deeper into northeastern Syria Friday and pounded the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from the air and the ground. The SDF is the United State’s main ally in the campaign to defeat ISIS. They lost more than 10,000 soldiers while fighting alongside US troops. Now, they are fighting for their lives and homes. The violence sparked a massive displacement and is forcing thousands of Christians, Kurds, Yazidis, and others to flee for their lives.
The UN refugee agency reported that tens of thousands were escaping the region, a site similar to the one a few years ago when civilians left on foot to escape ISIS. Many have nowhere to go except for the desert. Both sides have suffered casualties and Turkey reported its first military fatality, saying a soldier was “martyred” in the fighting. Turkish officials said their military has killed 277 “terrorists”, referring to Syrian Kurdish soldiers. Those numbers cannot be independently verified. READ MORE
