Basouta, Syria – Syrian Kurds in the northwestern, opposition-controlled Afrin region have welcomed the first day of spring with a subdued Nowruz celebration this year, as they mourn those killed in the earthquakes that struck northern Syria and southern Turkey on February 6
An initial earthquake, followed by another one nearly as strong, along with hundreds of aftershocks, left the region in shock, caused tens of thousands of deaths and damaged large swaths of both countries.
