23 photos from Syria show aftermath of Turkey invasion

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Turkey launched a massive military offensive at northern Syria on Wednesday, October 9. It started with heavy artillery shelling and airstrikes followed by infantry and armoured vehicles crossing the border into Syria. Three days on, at least 100,000 people have fled their homes in northern Syria. Turkey has faced widespread condemnation coming their way from all across the globe. From UN to the US everyone has cautioned Turkey about their actions. Turkey, which is a part of NATO is at a risk of facing sanctions from EU. 

Here are 23 pictures that depict the aftermath of Turkish invasion in northern Syria

People run to take cover after mortars fired from Syria, in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday.

Hundreds of protesters from the Kurdish community in Lebanon, hold a placard as they chant slogans, during a demonstration against Turkey's military operation in northeastern Syria, in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Beirut.

A Kurdish protester holds a placard during a demonstration against Turkey's military operation in northeastern Syria, in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Beirut

Woman gestures for a portrait at al-Hol camp, which holds families of Islamic State members, in Hasakeh province, Syria. Security conditions in the al-Hol camp that is home to tens of thousands of wives and children of Islamic State group fighters has been bad for the past months and will likely get worse now that Turkey is on the offensive in northern Syria. The camp that is home to more than 70,000 has witnessed crimes carried out by IS women against residents whom they consider apostates

A Turkish police armoured vehicle patrols the town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey.

Turkish forces pushed deeper into northeastern Syria on Friday, the third day of Ankara's cross-border offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters that has set off another mass displacement of civilians and met with widespread criticism from the international community.

Syrian Kurdish fighters of Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army enter Turkey from Syria to join fighting alongside Turkish forces against US-backed Kurds, in Syria, Friday.

Mourners carry the coffin of ten-month-old Mohammed Omar Saar, killed during incoming shelling from Syria Thursday.

Turkey-backed FSA fighters are heading toward Syrian town of Tal Abyad from Turkish border town of Akcakale

People run to take cover after mortars fired from Syria, in Akcakale, Turkey.

Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters from the Syrian National Army, flash the V-sign as they are driven through the town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, on their way to enter over the border to Tel Abyad, Syria, Friday.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, speaks with Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in an operation room at presidential palace.