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Has Afrin been "sold" like Kirkuk

Shiyar Khalil
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We spoke to Shiyar Khalil, journalist and human rights activist regarding his journey from Syria to Europe and the reason he left Syria. Shiyar Khalil is from Afrin, a few years ago he was detained by Bashar Al-Assad's regime for expressing his journalistic opnions. Mr Khalil believes that Afrin has been "sold" just like Kirkuk was.


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We spoke to Shiyar Khalil, journalist and human rights activist regarding his journey from Syria to Europe and the reason he left Syria. Shiyar Khalil is from Afrin, a few years ago he was detained by Bashar Al-Assad's regime for expressing his journalistic opnions. Mr Khalil believes that Afrin has been "sold" just like Kirkuk was.



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