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Breaking: convoy of civilians and foreign journalists attacked in N Syria
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10127621/turkey-bombs-convoy-of-foreign-journalists-and-aid-workers-killing-ten-in-syria-border-town/
CONVOY ATTACK Turkey ‘bombs convoy of foreign journalists and aid workers killing 14’ in Syria border town
Thomas Burrows
13 Oct 2019, 19:57Updated: 13 Oct 2019, 21:31
AT LEAST 14 people have been killed - including five civilians and a journalist - in a Turkish air raid on a convoy of civilians in Syria today, according to reports.
The guarded convoy was hit when it arrived at the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain, that Turkish-allied forces have seized.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (Sohr) said the death toll for the strike was 14.
Several foreign journalists were with the convoy when it was struck, according to France 2 television journalist Stéphanie Perez.
She tweeted: "We were in the convoy of Kurdish civilians targeted by Turkish forces and their allies at Ras al Ain. Our team is fine, but some colleagues are dead."
A Kurdish news agency Hawar said one of its reporters was killed.
Images purporting to show the attack show a blast shatter an otherwise quiet street.
Bodies are seen strewn across the road in disturbing unverified footage too gruesome to show.
The Turkish attack began when US forces backing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from part of the Syrian-Turkish border last week.
The SDF, a major ally of the US against ISIS, called it a "stab in the back".
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CONVOY ATTACK Turkey ‘bombs convoy of foreign journalists and aid workers killing 14’ in Syria border town
Thomas Burrows
13 Oct 2019, 19:57Updated: 13 Oct 2019, 21:31
AT LEAST 14 people have been killed - including five civilians and a journalist - in a Turkish air raid on a convoy of civilians in Syria today, according to reports.
The guarded convoy was hit when it arrived at the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain, that Turkish-allied forces have seized.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (Sohr) said the death toll for the strike was 14.
Several foreign journalists were with the convoy when it was struck, according to France 2 television journalist Stéphanie Perez.
She tweeted: "We were in the convoy of Kurdish civilians targeted by Turkish forces and their allies at Ras al Ain. Our team is fine, but some colleagues are dead."
A Kurdish news agency Hawar said one of its reporters was killed.
Images purporting to show the attack show a blast shatter an otherwise quiet street.
Bodies are seen strewn across the road in disturbing unverified footage too gruesome to show.
The Turkish attack began when US forces backing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from part of the Syrian-Turkish border last week.
The SDF, a major ally of the US against ISIS, called it a "stab in the back".
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Dammitt, so many in harms way... 
