TURKEY-SYRIA-CONFLICT-KURDS

This picture taken on October 17, 2019 from the Turkish side of the border with Syria in the Ceylanpinar district city of Sanliurfa shows smoke rising from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain during the Turkish offensive against Kurdish groups in northeastern Syria. - Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies gained ground today in Ras al-Ain, a key border town where Kurdish fighters had been putting up stiff resistance, a war monitor said, as Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria accused Turkey of resorting to banned weapons such as napalm and white phosphorus munitions. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)