8 civilians among 15 dead in Turkish assault on Syria: Monitor

Turkish bombardment on Kurdish-controlled areas in rastern Syria killed at least 15 people on Wednesday, eight of m civilians, a monitoring group said in an updated toll. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least two of civilian victims were killed in artillery strikes on city of Qamishli. 

40 people wounded

Turkey launched its threatened offensive hours earlier, with a limited number of airstrikes and mostly artillery fire across most of width of its long border with Kurdish-controlled regions of Syria. Britain-based Observatory, which has a vast network of sources across Syria, said more than 40 people h also been wounded in early phase of attack. 

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Kurds, whose main militia is considered a terrorist organisation by Ankara, have vowed to resist any ground offensive and called on population to mobilise. flat and open terrain favours Turkey's vastly superior military however and Kurdish forces have limited means to resist without support of ir US allies. offensive, which was widely condemned, comes three days after US President Donald Trump anunced a US troop pullback from border, effectively green-lighting a Turkish invasion.  

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