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The Tel Abyad border crossing in northern Raqqa, Syria, pictured on October 6, 2022.

Syrians Face Dire Conditions in Turkish-Occupied ‘Safe Zone’

Turkish authorities are deporting or otherwise pressuring thousands of Syrians to leave the country to Tel Abyad, a remote Turkish-occupied district of northern Syria where humanitarian conditions are dire.

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