This picture taken on October 13, 2019 from the Turkish city of Ceylanpinar shows smoke rising from the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain as fighting rages along the border on the fifth day of a Turkish offensive in Syria against Kurdish militants. (By AFP)
Political commentator Jim W. Dean says the deployment of Syrian troops in the north is a practical move as the Kurdish forces controlling those areas cannot resist the Turkish invasion on their own after the US abandoned them.
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