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Turkish-led forces in control of Syria's Afrin city: AFP

18 March 2018 | 12:34 | FOCUS News Agency
Picture: AFPTurkish-led forces in control of Syria's Afrin city: AFP
Turkish-led forces in control of Syria's Afrin city: AFPPicture: AFP
Afrin. Turkish forces and their rebel allies were in control of the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin in northwestern Syria on Sunday, AFP journalists on the ground reported.

The journalists in Afrin saw Ankara-backed Syrian Arab fighters and Turkish soldiers in every neighbourhood of the city.

Two Turkish tanks stood outside an official building and shots of celebration were being fired into the air.

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