Photo Gallery 'God Is with Us in Afrin'
By invading Afrin, one of the last unscathed regions in Syria, Turkey is trying to prevent the creation of a Kurdish state. The U.S. is looking on powerlessly while Russia is rubbing its hands in glee. Ultimately, the true winner might be Bashar Assad.
Turkish tanks near the border with Syria: Ankara's troops have been waging battle against Kurds in northern Syria for the last couple of weeks. The United States and Russia, both of whom were once allied with the Kurds, have left them to fend for themselves.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used the invasion to incite nationalist, religious fervor in his country. "God is with us in Afrin," he recently said of the Turkish army deployment in northern Syria.
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Turkish forces shell the Afrin region, where they are fighting against Kurds loyal to the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK).
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