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Is it true that Afrin's natives can't go home again?

The battle appears to be over in Afrin, Syria, but a war of words, and worse, continues there as the Kurdish People’s Protection Units accuse the Turkish army and its affiliated militias of forcing demographic change.
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ALEPPO, Syria — Many of Afrin’s displaced families are returning to their homes. But it's said they must take rough roads to avoid attacks by members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) that, according to the Free Syrian Army (FSA), are shooting at everyone they see trying to return.

The YPG, however, accuses the FSA and Turkey of trying to achieve demographic change in the northern Aleppo city by forcing out the Kurds and other original residents.

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