Turkey’s offensive against Kurds
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Camps for displaced people

Camps holding families of IS suspects 

Areas of control (as of Oct 9, 2019) 

Turkish-backed opposition

Kurdish forces 

Syrian government forces 

So-called Islamic State
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TURKEY

Turkey’s proposed “safe zone” extends 30km into Syria

Diyarbakir
Roj 1,700
Kobane
Tal Abyad
Qamishli  
Ras al Ain
Hasakah
Ain Issa  12,900 people 
Areesheh 8,820 
Abu Khahab 6,300 
Hawl 68,600
Manbij 5,000 
Twahina 8,150
Raqqa
SYRIA  
Deir al-Zour
River Euphrates
IRAQ

100km 60 miles
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TURKEY
Area of detail
SYRIA
Damascus
IRAQ
JORDAN

200km 125 miles
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Sources: Conflict Monitor by IHS Markit, Al Jazeera, BBC © GRAPHIC NEWS