Free Syrian Army

The Turkish military has been continuing to clear landmines and improvised explosive devices (IED) in the northwestern Syrian district of Afrin after Turkish forces and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) took control of the enclave on March 18 as part of "Operation Olive Branch."

At least 34 people, including 17 children, were killed in an air strike in the town of Harem in the northwest Syrian province of Idlib today, the Syrian Human Rights Watch said.

Safa al-Hussein comes into the consultation room with her four-year-old daughter, Ahed, who has a leg injury she suffered during an attack on the northern Syrian city of Raqqa.

Turkish officials say they will investigate all claims of looting going on in the Syrian city of Afrin, after reports of looting by Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters who seized the city a day earlier during "Operation of Olive Branch."

The Turkish Red Crescent has been delivering aid to civilians in the northwestern Syrian district of Afrin, taken from the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) by Turkish forces and Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters.

Turkey's presidential spokesperson said on March 19 Turkey would investigate claims of looting by Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters who seized the Syrian city of Afrin a day earlier during "Operation of Olive Branch."

A court in northern Greece has convicted a Syrian refugee of having been a fighter with the Islamic State group in Syria, and sentenced him to eight years' imprisonment.

The Komotini court acquitted the man Monday of murder and explosives-related charges concerning his alleged activities with the group, his lawyer said.

Turkish forces will not remain in Syria's Afrin and will leave the region to its "real owners", Ankara's main spokesman said on March 19, after Turkey's military and Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured the town on March 18.

Turkish forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) have entered Syria’s Afrin and taken control of several districts, Doğan News Agency Reported on March 18

The Turkish Armed Forces on March 16 has airdropped information sheets meant for civilians in Afrin in northern Syria, where the army has been carrying out a cross-border military operation against the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) since Jan. 20.