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Syrians Trapped Near Turkish Border After Shock ISIS Advance

Tens of thousands of internally displaced Syrians are trapped along the Turkish border after a surprise ISIS advance through the rebel held territory in Aleppo province. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said it was evacuating medics and patients from the Al Salamah hospital as the terrorist group neared. Human rights groups and activists reported at least 100,000 refugees trapped by Friday, after Jihadists launched an onslaught to secure their supply lines from Turkey. Middle East Online reports: The shock IS advance on two rebel-held towns came as the jihadist group is facing an offensive further east in its own heartland of Raqa province. IS fighters cut a key road between the rebel towns of Azaz, close to the Turkish border, and nearby Marea, journalist Maamoun Khateeb told AFP from Azaz. “This is a disaster,” Khateeb said, adding that some 15,000 people were now besieged in Marea. The jihadist onslaught threatens tens of thousands of internally displaced Syrians living in informal camps near the border, closed by Turkey for several months. “We are terribly concerned… about the estimated 100,000 people trapped between the Turkish border and active front lines,” said Pablo Marco, regional operations manager for Doctors [...]