Turkish And Syrian Forces Have Surrounded The Kurdish-Held Afrin Region In Syria

Daily Mail: Turkey's Erdogan declares Kurdish-held Afrin 'will fall by this evening', a day after his military encircled the Syrian town trapping 350,000 civilians and cutting off a dam

* Turkish and Syrian allies have surrounded Kurdish-held Afrin in Syria
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Afrin will 'fall by the evening'
* Some 350,000 civilians reportedly remain in the city in northern Syria
* Turkey claims passage is open, but civilians trying to leave reportedly under fire
* Residents have been without water for a week since Turkish forces cut off a dam

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he believes that the Kurdish-held city of Afrin in northern Syria will fall into Turkish hands by this evening.

Turkey said that it troops and allied Syrian fighters had encircled Afrin, a city in the enclave of the same name where some 350,000 civilians remain, as of yesterday, following a seven-week military operation.

President Erdogan said civilians in Afrin town were being evacuated in cars through a special corridor, but residents and local officials claim those trying to leave Afrin have come under fire.

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NWU Editor: Turkish President Erdogan is hinting again that his next target will be the Kurds in Iraq .... Erdogan: Turkey to Fully Encircle Afrin, Will 'Stomp' on Militants in Iraq (Sputnik).

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