Turkey's Invasion Of Northern Syria -- News Updates October 12 - 13

Daily Mail: Turkish troops 'seize key Syrian town' displacing 200,000 people as more than 100 Kurdish YPG fighters and civilians are killed

* Turkey-backed Syrian opposition forces were said to have seized Ras al-Ain town
* The death toll rose to 74 Syrian Kurdish-led fighters and 30 civilians on Saturday
* Intense gunfire heard within Ras al-Ain as Turkey stepped up its bombardment
* Syrian Kurdish-led administration said 200,000 people have been displaced

Some 200,000 people have been displaced in a military assault in northern Syria as Turkish forces claimed on Saturday they have seized control of a key border town.

Turkey-backed Syrian troops were said to have taken over Ras al-Ain this morning as Turkey's offensive against a Kurdish militia in the region entered its fourth day.

'The [Syrian rebel] national army took control of the town centre this morning. Inspections are being conducted in residential areas,' a senior Turkish official said.

Kurdish authorities have, however, denied this is the case. 'Ras al-Ain is still resisting and clashes are ongoing,' the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said.

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Turkey's Invasion Of Northern Syria -- News Updates October 12 - 13

Turkish forces say they’ve captured key Syrian border town -- AP
Turkish-led forces advance into Syrian border town, fighting rages -- Reuters
Turkey says key Syrian border town captured in offensive against Kurdish militia -- France 24
Turkey claims capture of key Syrian border town -- Al Jazeera
Pro-Turkey rebels 'execute' nine civilians in Syria: Monitor -- Middle East Monitor
SDF says Turkey-backed rebels killed Kurdish politician, rebels deny it -- Reuters
Kurdish-led SDF says Turkish invasion has revived IS, urges no-fly zone -- Reuters
Kurdish militia call for no fly zone as international condemnation of Turkey grows -- ABC News Online
Syrian Kurds' military leader tells U.S. diplomat that 'you are leaving us to be slaughtered' and demands that America helps stop Turkish forces or risk them turning to the Assad regime and Russia -- Daily Mail
Betrayal on the border: Kurds fear future as Turkish assault intensifies -- The Guardian
Turkey's Syria offensive an 'invasion': Arab League secretary general -- Reuters