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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Jamal Elshayyal

Syria's war: Turkish-backed FSA advance near Afrin

Syria's war: Turkish-backed FSA advance near Afrin

Turkish forces and their allies, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), say they have captured the town of Sheikh Horuz on the road to Afrin - a stronghold of the Kurdish-led People's Protection Units (YPG).

The FSA have accused the YPG of expelling Syrian Arabs.

Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal visited a military camp inside Syria - where Turkey has been training the FSA fighters.

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