Syrian Kurdish mother Shara Sido says the news came to her via a messaging application.
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Sitting inside a modest house in the de-facto Syrian Kurdish capital of Qamishli, the displaced 65-year-old scrolls through her phone to find a picture.
Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies have overrun a swathe of northern
Syria since October, after a deadly military campaign against Kurdish forces that caused tens of thousands to flee their homes.