23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
Turkey launched a massive military offensive at northern Syria on Wednesday, October 9. It started with heavy artillery shelling and airstrikes followed by infantry and armoured vehicles crossing the border into Syria. Three days on, at least 100,000 people have fled their homes in northern Syria. Turkey has faced widespread condemnation coming their way from all across the globe. From UN to the US everyone has cautioned Turkey about their actions. Turkey, which is a part of NATO is at a risk of facing sanctions from EU.
Here are 23 pictures that depict the aftermath of Turkish invasion in northern Syria
People run from Turkish shelling
People run to take cover after mortars fired from Syria, in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday.
23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
Protests against Turkish action in Beirut
Hundreds of protesters from the Kurdish community in Lebanon, hold a placard as they chant slogans, during a demonstration against Turkey's military operation in northeastern Syria, in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Beirut.
23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
A Kurdish protester holds a placard during a demonstration against Turkey's military operation in northeastern Syria, in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Beirut
Caliphate Camp
Woman gestures for a portrait at al-Hol camp, which holds families of Islamic State members, in Hasakeh province, Syria. Security conditions in the al-Hol camp that is home to tens of thousands of wives and children of Islamic State group fighters has been bad for the past months and will likely get worse now that Turkey is on the offensive in northern Syria. The camp that is home to more than 70,000 has witnessed crimes carried out by IS women against residents whom they consider apostates
23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
Turkish Armed truck
A Turkish police armoured vehicle patrols the town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey.
A map showing Turkey's suggested operation in Syria, is placed to be used for a TV broadcast by journalists in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border between Turkey and Syria, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019.
23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
Turkish backed militia in Syria
Turkish forces pushed deeper into northeastern Syria on Friday, the third day of Ankara's cross-border offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters that has set off another mass displacement of civilians and met with widespread criticism from the international community.
Syrian Kurdish fighters
Syrian Kurdish fighters of Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army enter Turkey from Syria to join fighting alongside Turkish forces against US-backed Kurds, in Syria, Friday.
23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
Mourners carry the coffin of ten-month-old Mohammed Omar Saar, killed during incoming shelling from Syria Thursday.
Mourners carry the coffin of ten-month-old Mohammed Omar Saar, killed during incoming shelling from Syria Thursday.
Members of a leftist group stage a protest against the NATO and the war in Syria, in Istanbul, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Turkish forces pushed deeper into northeastern Syria on Friday, the third day of Ankara's cross-border offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters that has set off another mass displacement of civilians and met with widespread criticism from the international community.
Turkey-backed FSA fighters are heading toward Syrian town of Tal Abyad from Turkish border town of Akcakale
Turkey-backed FSA fighters are heading toward Syrian town of Tal Abyad from Turkish border town of Akcakale
23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
People run to take cover after mortars fired from Syria, in Akcakale, Turkey.
People run to take cover after mortars fired from Syria, in Akcakale, Turkey.
This photo by Hawar news, the news agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas in Syria (ANHA), shows flames rising from burned cars at the site of an explosion in the central Qamishli city in northeastern Syria, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Activists and Syrian Kurdish officials are reporting a large explosion outside a popular fast food restaurant. It was not clear what caused the explosion on Friday which occurred amid intensive shelling by the Turkish military in the city and other areas.
Turkish backed Syrian fighters
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters from the Syrian National Army, flash the V-sign as they are driven through the town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, on their way to enter over the border to Tel Abyad, Syria, Friday.
23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, speaks with Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in an operation room at presidential palace.
