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Syrian Kurds Say Turkish Troops Preparing for Offensive on Town of Afrin

© REUTERS / Mahmoud HebboA general view shows the Kurdish-controlled city of Afrin, northern Syria. (File)
A general view shows the Kurdish-controlled city of Afrin, northern Syria. (File) - Sputnik International
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Turkey has been concentrating its troops around the Syrian city of Afrin from late Tuesday and is preparing to attack, a spokesman for Kurdish self-defense groups told Sputnik on Wednesday.

Iraqi Kurdish demonstrators wave a large Kurdish flag (File) - Sputnik International
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DAMASCUS (Sputnik) — Afrin is located in the province of Aleppo and belongs to the de facto autonomous region of Rojava, proclaimed by the Kurds in the north of Syria. Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish associations to be a wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) banned in the country. In May, Turkish agency Anadolu reported that new military operations were being prepared against the Kurds.

"The Turkish army gathered in large numbers in these areas, preparing to attack Afrin, Tell Rifaat and Shaikh Isa, which have been under control of the Kurds since last year," the Kurdish representative said.

According to him, the military moved to the vicinity of Afrin from the city of Al Bab, liberated by the Turkish military and Syrian opposition in 2016 from Daesh terrorist group (outlawed in Russia).

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