<p>Locals in Afrin gathered in the city’s main square to welcome pro-regime Syrian militias arriving to the region on February 22, according to a Lebanese media outlet reporting from Afrin</a>.</p><p>This video was shared by a reporter from Afrin, Ahmad Shafi’a Bilal</a>. The video shows people in Afrin’s Azadi Square</a> holding in pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. Credit: Ahmad Shafi’a Bilal via Storyful</p><br />
