{"id":113825,"date":"2024-05-09T10:15:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T10:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=113825"},"modified":"2024-05-09T10:16:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T10:16:00","slug":"turkish-backed-sna-factions-remove-kurdish-symbol-in-syrias-afrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/113825\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish-backed SNA factions remove Kurdish symbol in Syria&#8217;s Afrin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AFRIN, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), replaced on Wednesday a statue of a Kurdish symbol in the city of Afrin, northwestern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SNA factions replaced the statue of &#8220;Kawa the Blacksmith&#8221; with a figure of an olive branch, a representation of Operation Olive Branch, by which Turkey and its affiliated SNA factions occupied Afrin region in March 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation resulted in the killing and injury of thousands, and the displacement of about 300,000 of the original Kurdish inhabitants, who have been taking shelter in more than 50 villages and five camps in the northern countryside of Aleppo, aka Shahba Region. 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