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    Turkish military and allied Syrian rebels seize Afrin, Syria, after nearly two-month offensive

    by Nabih Bulos and Umar Farooq, Los Angeles Times Mar 19, 2018 4 minutes

    ISTANBUL, Turkey - The Syrian Kurd dream of creating an autonomous state stretching across the country's north suffered a crushing blow Sunday when Turkey-backed rebel forces routed a militia from the city of Afrin after a nearly two-month offensive.

    The enclave along the Syria-Turkey border had been controlled by the People's Protection Units, a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia also known as YPG whose forces Turkey considers terrorists.

    Turkey's president, Recep Tayyep Erdogan, said in a televised address that the Turkish military and Syrian allies had taken control of the town's center Sunday morning.

    Erdogan said Turkey would take "the necessary steps

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