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A picture taken on February 20, 2018 shows Kurdish fighters flashing the victory gesture as they welcome a convoy of pro-Syrian government fighters arriving in Syria’s northern region of Afrin. Kurdish forces said in a statement on February 20 that pro-regime fighters deployed to Syria’s Afrin region will take up positions and ‚participate in defending the territorial unity of Syria and its borders‘, countering Turkey’s offensive on the area