Turkey-based NGO constructs new settlement in Syria’s Afrin
AFRIN, Syria (North Press) – North Press obtained on Wednesday photos of a newly constructed settlement in the countryside of Afrin in northwestern Syria.
The settlement was built in October under the supervision of the Turkish organization AFAD and Istanbul-based MEDICS Worldwide non-governmental organization.
A source working with one of the local councils in Afrin, which is under Turkish administration, told North Press that the new settlement consists of 40 houses located in the forest of Kefeira, a village in the south of Afrin.
The source further explained that the settlement is intended to house the families of the militants of Abu Nour al-Uzbeki faction, which is part of the Hamza Division within the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA).
Additionally, the source revealed plans to expand the settlement with the construction of an additional 200 houses.
