Forced to abandon Afrin, Syria Kurds vow fierce fightback
Smoke billows following an explosion in the Syrian city of Afrin after Syrian-Arab Turkish backed fighters took control of the city from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) on March 18, 2018 (AFP Photo/Nazeer al-Khatib)/ Beirut (AFP) - The city of Afrin has huge symbolic and strategic value for Syria's Kurdish minority but, faced with Turkey's immensely superior firepower, its fighters had little choice but to retreat. Turkey-led forces raised the Turkish flag in the northwestern Kurdish-majority city on Sunday after a two-month ...
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