Humanitarian impact of Turkey’s Syria offensive in numbers

BEIRUT: A Turkish offensive against Kurdish groups in northeastern  Syria  is having a dramatic effect on civilians, with dozens killed and hundreds of thousands fleeing their homes.
Below are some of the figures highlighting the impact.
3,000,000  – Population of northeastern  Syria , much of which has been under Kurdish semi-autonomous control in recent years.
9  – Days since Turkey launched an offensive against Kurdish groups in northern  Syria , after US President Donald Trump indicated he would withdraw forces that had been working with the Kurds against the Islamic State group.
72  – Number of Kurdish civilians killed in  Syria  since, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor (SOHR). 20 civilians have been killed on the Turkish side of the border.
300,000  – Civilians displaced within  Syria  since the start of the assault on October 9, according to the SOHR, which labelled it one of the largest upheavals since  Syria ‘s civil war began in 2011.