Civilians Flee as Kurdish Enclave Bombarded by Syrian Warplanes

Thousands of civilians are fleeing a Kurdish city in northeastern Syria that's been targeted by Syrian government warplanes since Thursday. Local leaders and monitoring groups say dozens of people have been killed in airstrikes in the Kurdish-majority city of Hasaka. The airstrikes mark the first time since the start of Syria’s civil war in 2011 that government warplanes targeted a majority Kurdish enclave. They also appear to mark a break between Syrian government troops and...

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