Afrin District
NYT accused of whitewashing Turkey’s Afrin occupation – The Jerusalem Post
The New York Times has been accused of whitewashing Turkey’s military occupation of Afrin and their ethnic cleansing of the residing Kurdish people
World condemns terrorist attack in Syria’s Afrin
Turkish officials and international leaders condemned a terrorist attack by the YPG in Afrin in northwestern Syria that killed dozens of civilians, including children on April 28.
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Afrin bomb attack kills three civilians
Three civilians were killed and eight injured on Jan. 20 in a bomb attack in the northern Syrian town of Afrin.
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Car blast kills nine in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed forces
At least nine people were killed on Dec. 16 when a car bomb exploded in a vegetable market in the northwest Syrian city of Afrin, in the latest such attack in towns under control of Turkey-backed rebel groups, witnesses and rebel sources said.
150,000 Syrians returned to Afrin after Turkey's military operation
A total of 150,000 Syrians have returned to Syria’s northern city of Afrin and life is returning to normal in the town in the wake of Turkey's “Operation Olive Branch.” Click through for the exclusive story in photos by İdris Emen, Fevzi Kızılkoyun and Selahattin Sönmez...
Syrian refugees find safe haven but no secure future on Greek island
On a balmy summer evening, Abdulkader Hamo smiled as he watched his young daughters dance in a school performance on the tiny Greek island of Tilos, far from their home in northern Syria.
With some 850 km (528 miles) separating them from the trauma of Syria's war, the girls laughed and played with their new classmates.
Turkey to restore Atatürk's military headquarters in Syria's Afrin
A historic house in Syria's Afrin region will be renovated and turned into a museum, southern Turkish province of Hatay's governor Erdal Ata said on July 7.
Atatürk’s headquarters discovered in Syria’s Afrin: Report
The house used by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as a military headquarters during World War I was discovered in a village in the northern Syrian town of Afrin, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on July 2. Click through for the story in photos...
Turkish soldiers deployed in Syria's Afrin vote in Turkish border province of Hatay
Turkish military personnel deployed in Syria's northern district of Afrin have cast their votes in Turkey's southern border province of Hatay.
620 Syrian police candidates to assume security duties in Afrin after being trained by Turkey
A total of 620 Syrian police candidates will assume the security duties of Syria's northwestern Afrin region from May 10 after completing the basic training given by the Turkish Police Academy.