BALADI NEWS
The U.N. says 70,000 people in northern Syria have been forced to flee because of Turkey's operation against the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces. Turkish warplanes and artillery blasted targets across the Syrian border Friday on the third day of the offensive.
The city of Qamishli in northern Syria is a very important city for the Kurdish population, as it's their administrative center. But it's is only about a mile and a half from the Turkish border, which means it's vulnerable to airstrikes, artillery and mortars.
A couple of nights ago, Qamishli came under a mortar attack. Three mortars slammed into the neighborhood, killing one person on the spot. Two people were injured and are now fighting for their lives in a hospital.
This kind of random violence in the area has sparked a mass exodus of Qamishli. There was a bottleneck Thursday on a main road leading south, away from Turkish airstrikes and mortar attacks. Families didn't want to take a chance with their young children on attacks like this.
The Turkish government has said that the military operation aims at clearing the area of terrorists.
Sourc: CBS News.