Throughout the volatile seven-year Syrian war, conflicting parties routinely produce maps with differing claims of territorial control. Afrin, abutting Hatay to the west and rebel-held Idlib to ...

Eight Turkish soldiers have been killed in fighting in the north Syrian region of Afrin, the military says. Another 13 were injured in the clashes on Thursday, with several said to be in a ...

The terrorist YPG is the PKK's Syrian branch. In January 2018, Turkey launched a major military offensive -- Operation Olive Branch -- with the aim of purging Afrin of YPG/PKK terrorist elements.

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Investigations by Amnesty International and other Human Rights groups have detailed serious rights violations by troops from Türkiye and militias supported by Türkiye in Syria. The situation is ...

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north and southwest from the Syrian city of Afrin (65 kilometers from Aleppo), the Firat pro-Kurdish news agency said, adding that on Monday, members of the People's Protection Units (YPG ...

On Monday, Erdogan said during a phone conversation with Vladimir Putin that the Syrian government would face certain consequences if Damascus decided on sending forces to Afrin MOSCOW ...

Afrin was invaded by Turkey and its Syrian proxies in 2018 after years of Kurdish rule under the People’s Protection Units (YPG). Human rights groups and the United Nations have published ...

Aleppo, SANA- One of the leaders of the Turkish regime’s mercenaries of terrorist organizations and two of his companions were killed in an explosive device blast in Raju village in Afrin area ...

Thousands of Kurds on Thursday protested in Afrin against Turkish invasion plans, while also denying Turkish claims civilians were fleeing the Syrian canton. "Afrin is a cemetery of Erdogan," one ...

Damascus, SANA – Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) called for guarantees to deliver a new humanitarian convoy to reach the civilians in Afrin, who have been under the Turkish aggression and its ...