SYRIA-TURKEY-CONFLICT-KURDS

Syrian boys walk through a deserted road leading to the center of the border town of Tal Abyad, seized by Turkey-backed forces earlier this month, on October 25, 2019. - Ankara launched a cross-border offensive against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in northeastern Syria earlier this month. The operaetion ended with a 120-kilometre long area between Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain under the control of Turkey and its Syrian proxies. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)