LIVE — President Erdoğan (speaking to reporters about #OperationPeaceSpring): The total number of YPG/PKK terrorists neutralized during the operation has reached 490. 440 of those were killed, 26 were captured, while 24 surrendered pic.twitter.com/XEQlz9vbU6

— DAILY SABAH (@DailySabah) October 13, 2019

#BREAKING Turkey's offensive in Syria risks creating "unbearable" humanitarian situation: Macron pic.twitter.com/LmWksKj9VW

— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 13, 2019

Update: As per an agreement, Syrian gov forces are getting ready to entering Manbij through Sajur River line. Meanwhile some US forces are still in the Kobane area near Qaraqozak bridge

— Mutlu Civiroglu (@mutludc) October 13, 2019

News agency Reuters reports the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria says 785 people affiliated with I.S. have escaped the Ain Issa camp following shelling by Turkey

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) October 13, 2019

UPDATE: #Syria – #Turkey

• 785 ISIS Affiliates FLED (Reuters)
• US troops leave Ain Issa & Kobani
• 400,000 Displaced: UN
• Turkey advancing in Ain Issa, Suluk
• Urgent meetings in Washington
• Esper: 1000 US troops to evacuate
• FR, GER, Norway&Netherlands ban arms to🇹🇷

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) October 13, 2019

Who does US withdrawal benefit in #Syria ?

1- Russia (boosts Putin, outreach to Kurds inc SDF)
2- ISIS (biggest threat)
3- Assad (takeover US areas)
4- Iran (land bridge and influence)
5- Turkey (operate freely in NE) https://t.co/soC63VgpvJ

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) October 13, 2019

A Turkish airstrike hit a convoy of civilians in northeastern Syria. Numerous journalists were with them and several are reported killed. We don’t yet know their identities. This is the France 2 team letting colleagues know that they are okay. #Awful. https://t.co/p11Edsu91w

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) October 13, 2019

4/ Video showing ISIS affiliated women with their kids after escaping from Ain Issa camp earlier today. @akhbar pic.twitter.com/lFOCag8wxd

— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019

An SDF commander has confirmed to me that the Ain Issa camp has fallen and all the detainees (a population of thousands that includes ISIS supporters, ISIS relatives and civilians) have fled. “An unbelievable mess,” the commander said. Latest message: pic.twitter.com/yDehTSKkux

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) October 13, 2019

. @hushamalhashimi speaks sense on @skynewsarabia:
Escaped #ISIS families will probably head to their tribes, especially in AlJazeera region ( north east #Syria), and perhaps this is #Erdogan’s way to win local Sunni tribes in that region. @realDonaldTrump

— Nervana Mahmoud (@Nervana_1) October 13, 2019

Why have @cnnturk darkened my image in this picture to accuse me of spreading propaganda? I am raising important issues about Trump's decision to abandon the Kurds to Erdogan’s forces in north eastern Syria. pic.twitter.com/k2907GqCck

— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) October 13, 2019

I just received this CCTV footage from #SDF showing the #ISIL jihadists creating chaos in #Qamishli prison. They took advantage of #Turkey's #OperationPeaceSpring & at-least five of them fled the prison on Friday. They join #Turkey's #Syria National Army or #FSA.#BarisPinari pic.twitter.com/OuG5WBQ6Cx

— Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) October 13, 2019

The car is provided by the #US-led international coalition btw. https://t.co/RmZIGykLLn

— Shino Can (@sincan2023) October 13, 2019

“I cannot describe what I have seen. In the morgue, we saw a young man’s body with a severed leg on the bed next to him. In the hospital, there was an old man, wounded and just lost. He seemed to have no family.” https://t.co/gkhmOfR9nQ

— Louisa Loveluck (@leloveluck) October 13, 2019

"We are civilians, I swear to God," a wounded man cries after a Turkish airstrike hit a civilian group who were attempting to get out from #Serekaniye/#RasAlAin.#TurkishInvasion #Syrian pic.twitter.com/CTLwvsUn64

— Hisham Arafat (@HishamArafatt) October 13, 2019

As Turkish backed fighters approach a Kurdish held city in #Syria:
-700 #ISIS supporters escaped
-Erdogans forces are filming themselves beheading Kurds – U.S. troops are at serious risk of being cut off & of coming under attack by enemy fighters.

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) October 13, 2019

American military humiliated.

American diplomacy unrecognizable.

American allies betrayed.

An irreversible disaster. @realDonaldTrump.

— Diliman Abdulkader (@D_abdulkader) October 13, 2019

Turkish troops and factions loyal to it entered the northern Syrian city of #TalAbyad
(Reuters)#SaveRojava #Rojava #NorthSyria

— Nawras abdulla (@Mergayi) October 13, 2019

While in Saudi & UAE tomorrow, Putin will be welcoming the latest US ally to seek Russia’s warm & reassuring embrace- the Kurds of Syria- who will now look to Moscow’s air forces & it’s local allies to limit Turkey’s ambitions. pic.twitter.com/fNr6o5odCu

— Firas Maksad (@FirasMaksad) October 13, 2019

BREAKING: .@EsperDOD confirms that roughly 1,000 U.S. troops will be evacuating from northern Syria after latest Trump policy announcement in a "deliberate withdrawal."

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) October 13, 2019

Exclusive: Kurdish allies learned of Trump's Syria pullout on Twitter: "We were like, 'What is this sh*t?'" https://t.co/iYg5UEZpQm

— 🎃Crispin Burke🎃 (@CrispinBurke) October 13, 2019

A statement of #Akıncı, the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern #Cyprus, criticising #Turkey’s military offence in northeast Syria that was launched on Wednesday has ignited a full-blown spat between Turkish Cypriot government and Ankara | Ahval https://t.co/mLERN4kuwl

— Ahval (@ahval_en) October 13, 2019

#BREAKING: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say 31 of their fighters have lost their lives in the last 24 hours as Turkey's operation in northeast #Syria continues. #TwitterKurds https://t.co/Ls2hlZCuGN pic.twitter.com/QzwbFtVCP8

— Kurdistan 24 English (@K24English) October 13, 2019

Turkish-backed rebels captured an Asayish (Kurdish security) HQ in Tal Abiad #Syria #Turkey pic.twitter.com/WmW6yqpaEv

— Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992) October 13, 2019

1/ US official tells me Turkish backed Syrian rebels have set up checkpoints on road between Ain Issa and Kobani. We heard gunfire and saw civilians flee. Road closed. Turkish jet buzzed us and US convoy leaving the town.

— Nick Paton Walsh (@npwcnn) October 13, 2019

2/ Later, saw Turkish military APCs and tanks sat alongside the M4 main highway that connects West and East in Syrian Kurdish areas. Apparent Turkish ambition to cut main connecting road, effectively breaking Kurdish area in two. Live on CNN in 10 mins.

— Nick Paton Walsh (@npwcnn) October 13, 2019

Turkish-backed forces are preparing to attack Manbij, as the US is signaling it is leaving quickly. Thousands of fighters from Idlib have been recruited into the ranks of the assaulting forces against the SDF. A US ally, now forced to surrender to the regime.

— Elizabeth Tsurkov (@Elizrael) October 13, 2019

Two US officials with knowledge of the incident confirm to me that the Turkish attack on American forces near Kobani was not a mistake – they knew US troops were there.

“They are trying to push us out,” said one US official. We have now re-occupied the position.

— Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) October 13, 2019

Kurdish news agency claims 75 Turkish soldiers killed in operation. https://t.co/FybpciQloI

— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) October 13, 2019

VERY GRAPHIC 18+

turkish backed jihadists humiliate the body of Syrian politician Hervin Khalef, after they ambushed and killed her on A4 road today while travelling from Qamislo to Ain Issa.@barbarastarrcnn@KonstantinKlug pic.twitter.com/34GKQh95xa

— Pol Kurdo (@kurdopol4773) October 12, 2019

Turkish state-backed media hails a “successful operation” to “neutralize” an unarmed 35-year old woman working to unite Arabs, Christians, and Kurds in NE Syria. Ms. Hevrin Khalef was reportedly dragged from a vehicle and shot to death. That’s a war crime. https://t.co/O5hEVQ28jt pic.twitter.com/dn6cl7VUZr

— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) October 12, 2019

Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü, popular pro-#Erdogan preacher, says God will send army of angels to support Turkish army, Kurdish fighters are atheists & condemned to hell, describes them as Armenian seeds, serving to Jews, accuses US of trying to save them with a disguise of civilian clothes pic.twitter.com/YsxMss7yX7

— Abdullah Bozkurt (@abdbozkurt) October 13, 2019

Protestors stop Turkish Airlines counter from checking people in in San Francisco, forcing the cancellation of a flight. https://t.co/ud5sYBpuyf

— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) October 13, 2019

Kurds in #Iran’s Tehran city rally in support of Rojava and against the Turkish incursion of northern Syria with slogans, “Even if one Kurd lives, #Kurdistan will remain.” pic.twitter.com/UmkXbWIUHV

— Rudaw English (@RudawEnglish) October 13, 2019

Don’t even try. Tal Abyad was the main supply route for ISIS to Raqqa through an open border from Turkey. Turkey refused repeated requests from the international community to secure the border. Islamic State over Kurdish State! https://t.co/IeCsbHHW3V

— Julie Lenarz (@MsJulieLenarz) October 13, 2019

Arab sheikhs in NE-Syria stand against TR,call on Arab leaders for support.
"We confirm Turkey's criminal&expansionist ambitions've begun since introduction of FSA,Jabhit al Nusra&ISIS into our territory.We affirm our support for our children in the SDF."pic.twitter.com/mIMdLegDPK

— Raman Ghavami (@Raman_Ghavami) October 13, 2019

Removing context from facts is #Turkey and its allies biggest sins.
They anchored all their actions behind a fact
“PKK is terrorist group” but remove it from the context of Syria.
The result is the current onslaught.#KurdsBetrayed #Erdogan

— Nervana Mahmoud (@Nervana_1) October 13, 2019

US’s main mission in Syria in the last few years was mainly deterrence: Deterring all players ( invluding #Turkey and #YPG) from exploiting the weak stste.
Now this deterrence has gone and #ISIS will be the first
beneficiary. https://t.co/CjsXnlO7Ri

— Nervana Mahmoud (@Nervana_1) October 13, 2019

Thus far, not a single tweet from @HRW and @amnesty on the brutal murder of unarmed Kurdish politician #HevrinKhalaf and other kurdish civilians by Erdogan’s thugs.
Yet, both of them, tweeted today about #Egypt.
Such hypocrisy proves their ongoing bias in favour of Islamism.

— Nervana Mahmoud (@Nervana_1) October 13, 2019

In their support of Erdogan, Arab Islamists claims:
• PKK are mainly communist infidels who abused Arabs
•PKK supports Zionism
•This operation signals the start of the Caliphate. #ErdoganWarCriminal #KurdsBetrayed

— Nervana Mahmoud (@Nervana_1) October 13, 2019

I am still in disbelief that those, who labelled many factions of the Syrian opposition as *moderate*, are surprised by the atrocities committed by those thugs now against Kurds and other minorities.
Folks, your low bar was reckless and almost dystopian.#KurdsBetrayed

— Nervana Mahmoud (@Nervana_1) October 13, 2019

The people of Duhok are lining up in the hundreds donating blood for people of #Rojava. A donor openly stated on Rudaw news that the people of Hawler should burn down the Turkish consulate there. We are our own greatest allie. Stand together against #Turkey! pic.twitter.com/H2GU8LtQGi

— Hawzhin Azeez (@Dr_HawzhinAzeez) October 13, 2019

This is a cartoon broadly shared by Kurds in the social media today! pic.twitter.com/KSAWtTKPkB

— Mutlu Civiroglu (@mutludc) October 13, 2019

Here’s a Kurd who fought in WW2, with 8,000 other Kurds. https://t.co/cILTPrTYea

— Liz Sly (@LizSly) October 13, 2019