Turkey Syria offensive: Guarding IS prisons no longer a priority, say Kurds
These are external links and will open in a new window/ More than 100,000 civilians have already fled Kurdish-held areas on the Turkey-Syrian border Kurds under attack from Turkey in northern Syria say they will no longer prioritise guarding Islamic State detainees if the offensive continues. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) currently hold thousands of suspected IS prisoners. Areas in north-eastern Syria under SDF control have come under heavy bombardment from Turkey since it launched its offensive on Wednesday. More than 50 ...
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