<br /> <p>The Turkish Red Crescent began distributing aid in downtown Afrin, in northern Syria, on Tuesday, March 20.</p><p>On Sunday, Turkish forces and their Syrian rebel allies raised their flags over Afrin, declaring full control of the northern Syrian town after an eight-week campaign to drive Kurdish YPG forces, reported Reuters</a>.</p><p>On Monday, while calling for improved access to the civilians in Afrin, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer said</a> “the credibility of a Turkish Red Crescent working in Afrin with the Kurdish population is close to zero.”</p><p>Maurer’s comments were condemned by Hami Aksoy</a>, a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman, who said the comments were “unacceptable” and “divorced from the truth.” Credit: The Turkish Red Crescent via Storyful</p><br />
