Turkey is threatening to mount a fresh ground assault against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria after a wave of airstrikes that left 11 civilians and numerous Kurdish fighters dead. US officials say they are trying to de-escalate the situation, but their Syrian Kurdish allies say Washington's response has been weak and is unlikely to stave off another Turkish offensive.
Turkey has claimed it is carrying out attacks on "terrorists" in northeast Syria, but the people affected are civilians as well as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a partner force of the US currently in the fight against ISIS. According to David Eubank,
David Eubank, founder of the Free Burma Rangers (FBR), a Christian multi-ethnic humanitarian movement, has documented the destruction wrought by the airstrikes and reported on the ground.
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