Local police set to assume security duties in Afrin

TURKEY - MAY 30: Syrian police candidates are being trained by Turkish Police Academy, special forces unit members in Turkey on May 30, 2018. A total of 800 Syrian police candidates will assume the security duties of Syria’s northwestern Afrin region from May 10 after completing the basic training given by the Turkish Police Academy. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on Jan. 20 this year to clear the YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorist groups from Afrin, amid growing threats from the region. The operation is being carried out under the framework of Turkey’s rights based on international law, UN Security Council resolutions, its self-defense rights under the UN charter, and respect for Syria's territorial integrity, according to the Turkish military. On March 18, Turkish troops and Free Syrian Army members liberated the town of Afrin, on the 58th day of the operation. Locals continue returning to their homes in Afrin which was liberated from terrorists during Operation Olive Branch. (Footage by Halife Yalcinkaya/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)