Turkey denies it's building wall around Afrin
Turkish-backed factions denied reports that Turkey is building a wall to separate Afrin from the northern Aleppo countryside, saying Ankara is actually boosting its security against potential Kurdish attacks.
ALEPPO, Syria — Several media sites, including the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reported at the end of April that the Turkish army was building a concrete wall around Afrin.
The wall would reportedly isolate Afrin from the northwestern Aleppo countryside and later facilitate its annexation to Turkish territory.
Thousands of displaced people from Afrin protested the wall outside the headquarters of the Russian forces in the village of Kashtar in the northern Aleppo countryside on April 22. They also denounced the Turkish forces' destruction of civilian homes and properties in the villages of Jalbal, Marimin and Kimar, where the wall will reportedly be built.
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the Turkish army control Afrin, while the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) control villages in the Tal Rifat area in Aleppo’s northern countryside, near Afrin.
