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Difficult to actually confirm these reports but we hire hearing reports very distressing reports from the Syrian Kurdish militia saying that in one town there was huge panic because of the airstrikes being carried out while weve also understand that large numbers of the residents are accepting these towns that are currently under fire streets of rose exits in these towns that are still with refugees its unclear where these people will go its long they dont really know where is a safe area given the fact that turkish air strikes have been going as far as 30 or 40 kilometers deep into this region and human Rights Groups and aid agencies all voicing concern these people could end up in areas where its very difficult to provide refugee supplies to and so now that this military operation is very much underway what reaction coming expect from other big players in the region iran russia for example. Well indeed they are starting to put up pressure build up pressure on turkey moscow and iraq o
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