It was Oct. 8 when photographer Alice Martins entered Syria, one more trip on top of the dozens she has made to the country in the past seven years, often on assignment for The Washington Post. Oct. 8 was a day after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that the United States would withdraw its small contingent of U.S. forces from northeast Syria, clearing the way for Turkey to begin an air and ground assault on Kurdish areas. Martins, in her own words, describes what she saw in Syria as Turkey launched its attack.
Washington Post: A photographer’s account from the frontlines of Turkey’s incursion in Syria
Syrians flee with their belongings the countryside of the northeastern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain on the Turkish border, toward the west to the town of Tal Tamr on Oct. 19, 2019.
