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A Briton defending the Syrian Kurdish city of Afrin has told how he survived two weeks of bombardment by Turkish forces but admitted that his comrades have little hope of final victory.
Huang Lei, a British-Chinese fighter in the Kurdish YPG militia, is one of five Britons who volunteered to defend the Afrin pocket against the Turks and their Arab allies.
He said that all escaped the first round of fighting unscathed along with 15 other “foreign fighters”. He admitted, however, that they were doomed due to the overwhelming strength of the Turkish army against the few thousand Kurdish and allied defenders.
During a three-day break he said: “Right now the tactic is just to keep bombing us daily . . . night-time bombing too.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-will-fight-turks-until-city-falls-vows-briton-72f7xbvrb
