Afrin has been semi-autonomous since Syrian troops pulled out in 2012 Afrin and its environs are beautiful, a rich prize worth fighting for. The region is known as Kurd-Dagh - the Mountain of the ...

At least 40 people have been killed in a bomb attack in the north-western Syrian city of Afrin, Turkey says. The governor of the neighbouring Turkish border province of Hatay said a fuel tanker ...

Tens of thousands of civilians displaced from Afrin and Al Shahba area of Aleppo slept out in the open on Sunday night, the observatory reported, awaiting transport to Aleppo city, before being ...