Free Syrian Military rebels assert they entered Afrin metropolis centre

The Free Syrian Military (FSA) insurrection community has entered the metropolis centre of Afrin, which had been controlled by Kurdish combatants, according FSA spokespersons and Turkish media.

Clashes between the opposing aspects were ongoing on Sunday morning, privately-owned Dogan Records Agency and FSA spokespersons stated on Sunday morning.

Movies and images shared by the Turkish-backed FSA combatants on social media showed them in residential streets, making victory indicators and waving flags. Al Jazeera can now not independently convey their authenticity.

Turkey – alongside with the FSA insurrection community – in January launched an air-and-ground operation into Afrin in the northwest of Syria to vanquish the US-backed Kurdish Of us’s Security (YPG) combatants near its border.

Turkey considers the Kurdish Democratic Union Celebration (PYD) in Syria and its armed wing YPG to be « terrorist groups » with ties to the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Celebration (PKK).

The PKK has waged a decades-long armed fight towards the Turkish sigh that has killed tens of 1000’s of folks.