Syria Kurds fleeing ISIL attacks

Syrian Kurdish refugees continue to struggle for survival in Turkey after being forced from their homes by the Takfiri ISIL militants in Syria.

The Kurdish refugees continue to cross the border into Turkey from Syria’s northern town of Kobani amid the ISIL attacks in their homeland.

“They took our villages. They took our houses. They took everything that belongs to us. We barely manage to save our children and bring them here,” said a refugee.

According to the UN refugee agency, more than 144,000 Syrian refugees, mostly Kurds, have sought refuge in southern Turkey since September 19.

The UN says it is sending relief aid to the refugees. Aid workers, however, say the Syrian Kurds are in dire need of basic supplies, as winter is coming.

Aid workers have expressed concern about serious health issues in the coming days.

The ISIL has captured some 60 Kurdish villages around the city of Kobani in the Aleppo countryside.

Meanwhile, Kurdish fighters continue battling the ISIL terrorists in an effort to contain their advances into Syrian villages and cities.

The Takfiri ISIL militants have seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria. They have carried out heinous crimes in the two countries including mass execution of people.

Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since 2011. The Western powers and their regional allies — especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey — are reportedly supporting the militants operating inside Syria.

More than 191,000 people have been killed in over three years of fighting in Syria, says the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), describing the figure a probable “underestimate of the real total number of people killed.”

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