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WFP Says 100,000 in Syria Flee Turkish Offensive

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   Ali Javanmardi from VOA's Persian Service contributed to this report
   from Irbil.

   The World Food Program says more than 100,000 people have been
   displaced so far by the Turkish invasion of northern Syria.

   The agency said those displaced have come from the towns of Ras al-Ayn
   and Tal Abyad.

   Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces deny that Turkish forces have
   taken the border town of Ras al-Ayn as Turkey had claimed.

   The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the civilian death toll
   resulting from Turkey's offensive has risen to 30.

   Ankara launched the cross-border operation on Wednesday, saying it
   wants to clear a buffer zone in northern Syria of Syrian Kurdish
   forces, whom it sees as terrorist allies of Kurdish separatists in
   Turkey.

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