Kurdish demonstrators protest against the deployment of Turkish forces in Afrin, in Qamishli, Syria March 18, 2018. REUTERS/Rodi Said
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Dozens of Turkey's Kurdish and leftist groups appealed to world powers on Sunday to press for Turkish and Syrian rebel forces to withdraw from Afrin and avoid a "human tragedy" in the northwestern Syrian town.
More than 40 political parties, associations and unions issued the statement just hours after the Turkish army and its Syrian rebel allies swept into Afrin, driving out Kurdish YPG fighters following an eight-week air and ground offensive.
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