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Afrin town center 'under control': Erdogan

 Turkish forces and their Syrian rebel allies swept into the northwestern Syrian town of Afrin on Sunday, taking control of the town center after Kurdish YPG forces pulled out, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. A spokesman for the rebel fighters said they entered Afrin...

Turkish army: Afrin town center taken under control

The Turkish military said Sunday it had taken complete control of the Afrin town center in northwestern Syria. “The Afrin town center was taken under control by Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army,” the General Staff said on its official Twitter account. A search operation...

UN 'failed to prevent' Syria crimes: opposition

The United Nations failed to prevent violence raging in Syria, including the assault on the Eastern Ghouta rebel enclave, the head of Syria's main opposition group alleged on Saturday. Nasr al-Hariri, president of the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) blamed the UN for the crimes...

Turkish army, FSA liberate 7 more villages in Afrin

The Turkish military and Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Saturday liberated seven more strategic villages in Afrin, northwestern Syria from the control of PYD/PKK militant groups. According to Anadolu Agency correspondents on the ground, the villages Kokana, Ayn Al Hajar and Haji Qasimli are...

Thousands of Syrians flee as two major battles rage

Thousands of civilians streamed out of their towns to escape battles at opposite ends of Syria on Saturday, where two different offensives have prompted an exodus in recent days. Air strikes pounded a rebel pocket in eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus, rescuers and a war monitor...