Thousands displaced after YPG took over Syria's Afrin

More than five thousand men, women and children were forced out of the area around Afrin after the YPG took control in 2012.

By Asena Boşnak
A Syrian family, who returned to their home which was cleared from PKK/PYD during Operation Olive Branch to Afrin, is seen in Afrin Region of Aleppo, Syria on January 26, 2018. / AA

Afrin first fell into the hands of the YPG in 2012. 

Since then, more than five thousand men, women and children have been forced out of the area. 

TRT World'sAhmed al Burai travelled to a camp that many people now call home, and spoke to them about what drove them there.