Residents of northeastern Syria are fleeing after Turkey launched a new military offensive against Kurdish-led fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the campaign on Wednesday following an abrupt decision on Sunday by US President Donald Trump to pull American troops out, enabling the Turkish operation against the US-allied SDF.
Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith has more.
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