A US-backed, Kurdish-led force in Syria said on Monday it is seeking to evacuate Kurds around Aleppo to safe areas under its control, after pro-Turkey factions seized a town where tens of thousands of Kurds were living.
Syria has been at war since 2011, following a crackdown on democracy protests by President Bashar al-Assad.
The conflict morphed over time, drawing in foreign powers and jihadists, killing 500,000 people and displacing half of the population.
Last week, jihadists of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group and its allies launched a lightning offensive from northwestern Syria near the Turkish border, wresting swathes of territory from government control including Syria’s second city Aleppo.
Syria’s Kurds have suffered multiple waves of displacement since 2011 and have again found themselves on the frontlines in the latest violence.
A Syria war monitor said late Sunday that…
Read More
