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Kurdish politician: Syrian forces to enter Afrin tomorrow

By Rudaw 4 hours ago  18 Febr 2018  –  ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Syrian forces will enter Afrin on Monday, according to a Kurdish politician from Syria.
“SDF and Syria have reached an agreement,” Sheikho Bilo, an official from the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Unity Party (PYDKS) told Rudaw on Sunday.

The announcement comes as Turkey’s month-long assault on Afrin, a Kurdish-dominated canton in northwest Syria, has managed to control 8 percent of the district in Aleppo province.

“The agreement is to protect borders,” explained Bilo, adding that “the agreement is only militarily.”  PYDKS has close relations with the YPG in northern Syria, but it is not a part of the ruling coalition (TEV-DEM) of the Northern Syrian Federation known as Rojava by Kurds.
The YPG is the armed wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD). They have been the dominate force in northern Syria, backed by the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in eastern Syria. www.mesop.de