TOPSHOT – Turkish-backed Syrian fighters take position on top of a building in the southwestern neighbourhoods of the border town of Tal Abyad on October 13, 2019. – Fighting has engulfed the border area in northeastern Syria since Turkey launched an offensive on October 9 to push back the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), displacing 130, 000 people so far according to the United Nations, amidst warnings from aid groups of another humanitarian disaster in Syria’s eight-year-old war if the offensive is not halted. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)