Humanitarian crisis in northern Syria worsened amid intensified Turkish bombing

At least 275,000 civilians, including 70,000 children, have been displaced from Syria-Turkey border areas in seven days of intensified airstrikes...

QAMISHLI (Kurdistan 24) – At least 275,000 civilians, including 70,000 children, have been displaced from Syria-Turkey border areas in seven days of intensified airstrikes and artillery shelling by the Turkish army on northern Syria, the Kurdish-led self-administration in northern Syria said on Tuesday.

"Seven days after the start of the Turkish aggression...the humanitarian situation of our displaced people from the areas affected by the aggression has worsened, amid the complete interruption of humanitarian aid and the suspension of all international organizations and the withdrawal of their staff from the region,” a statement the self-administration published read.

Most of the massive influx of displacement is from Tal Abyad, Ras al-Ain, Qamishli, and other cities, towns, and villages near the border.

“We, the self-management of northern and eastern Syria, make an urgent humanitarian appeal to the United Nations, the League of Arab States, and the European Union countries to intervene quickly and provide medical, logistical and humanitarian assistance to the displaced to avoid the humanitarian crisis caused by the Turkish barbaric attack,” the statement concluded.

While the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were attempting to clear the main towns of Serekaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Tal Abyad from the Turkish-led Syrian militias, Turkish airstrikes and artillery shelling intensified its bombardment on the towns, local sources told Kurdistan 24.

The Turkish assault, which was launched last week, has so far killed at least 78 civilians and injured 300, according to the hospital in Tal Tamir town, some 35 kilometers south to the border town of Ras al-Ain.

Editing by Karzan Sulaivany