AFRIN, Syria: As soon as Turkish warplanes began bombing raids over Afrin on Saturday, terrified residents of the Syrian Kurdish enclave dashed to take cover in the cellars of their homes.
They had been bracing for a Turkish assault over the past week as Ankara escalated its rhetoric against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which controls the area.
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