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2018-02-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Newspaper: Iraqi Kurds join battle against Turkish forces in Syria’s Afrin

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Kurds are joining their Syrian peers in their fight against ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish troops in Syria’s Afrin district, a newspaper has claimed, quoting an Islamist politician in Iraqi Kurdistan.

London-based The New Arab quoted an official at Iraqi Kurdistan’s Islamic Group saying that tens of young people headed to Afrin to fight as volunteers on the side of Kurdish troops there, adding that some have already been killed in battles.

"Kurdish youths sneaked through the borders with Syria from Dahuk...to areas controlled by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), then to Afrin...the region’s government has to stop that," the politician was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

"The volunteering wave is supported by nationalist and communist societies in the region," he added

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