BALADI NEWS
Turkish forces have approached a key Kurdish-held town in northern Syria, setting off clashes that allowed hundreds of Islamic State supporters to escape from a camp for displaced people.
The move also prompted US soldiers to withdraw from a nearby base.
A US military official said the situation across north-eastern Syria was "deteriorating rapidly" and that American forces were cut off from the Syrian Kurdish fighters they had previously partnered with.
The official said US troops on the ground are at risk of being "isolated" and cannot travel overland without a "high risk" of armed confrontation with Turkey-backed forces.
The camp in Ein Eissa, around 20 miles south of the border, is home to some 12,000 people, including 1,000 wives and widows of Islamic State fighters and their children.
The Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria said in a statement that 950 IS supporters escaped after attacking guards and storming the gates.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Turkish warplanes struck villages near the camp on Sunday.
It said camp residents fled as clashes broke out between Turkey-backed Syrian fighters and Kurdish forces, without providing an exact number.
Jelal Ayaf, a senior official at the camp, told local media that 859 people successfully escaped from the section housing foreigners.
Source: Daily Record.