BBC: Syria war: 'Civilians killed' as thousands flee Turkish air strikes
A number of civilians have been killed by Turkish shelling and air strikes while trying to flee the embattled Syrian city of Afrin, reports say.
Kurdish media spoke of dozens killed and wounded on Friday night alone while a UK-based monitoring group reported further deaths on Saturday.
A resident told the BBC that shells on Friday had hit cars packed with people and air strikes had hit a hospital.
At least 150,000 people have reportedly fled the Kurdish-majority city.
Turkey denies targeting civilians. It launched its military operation to clear the Afrin region, in northern Syria, of a US-backed Kurdish militia it considers a terrorist organisation.
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More News On Turkey's Military Offensive On The Syrian Enclave Of Afrin
Turkey's Afrin offensive in Syria has displaced 150,000, Kurdish official says -- CBC/Reuters
More than 200,000 civilians flee Syria's Afrin in three days: monitor -- AFP
Syria’s new exiles: Kurds flee Afrin after Turkish assault -- The Guardian
Turkish military denies it hit Syrian hospital -- Reuters
UN 'deeply alarmed' about civilians deaths in besieged Afrin -- Al Jazeera
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