This archive report was first published on 13 October 2019.
Published on October 13, 2019, a Turkish military operation in northern Syria has sparked fierce fighting, causing thousands of people to flee a displacement camp in Ain Issa.
The Kurdish administration has warned that the fighting could facilitate an IS resurgence, as security instability could allow IS to free thousands of jihadists and their families held in prisons and displacement camps in Kurdish-held territory.
According to Kurdish authorities, more than 100 people, including women and children, fled the camp in Ain Issa after bombardments targeted the area.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that around 100 foreign women and children from families of IS members escaped, without specifying their nationalities.
Turkey launched its offensive on Wednesday to push Kurdish-led forces away from the north-eastern border area of war-torn Syria.
