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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/world/middleeast/afrin-turkey-syria.html
Syrian Kurdish Enclave of Afrin Falls to the Turks
(New York Times) Carlotta Gall and Anne Barnard - Turkish-backed Syrian rebels fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army seized control on Sunday of Afrin, a mainly Kurdish city near the Turkish border and the target of a two-month military operation against Kurdish militias in the enclave in Syria. The Syrian rebel forces, which have served as advance troops for the Turkish operation, entered the city without a fight after the Kurdish YPG withdrew to the surrounding hills.