| Afrin Canton Kantona Efrînê/مقاطعة عفرين | |||||||||
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| One of the two cantons of the Afrin Region | |||||||||
| 2017–2018 | |||||||||
 Afrin Canton was part of the Afrin Region (orange) | |||||||||
| Capital | Afrin[1] | ||||||||
| Historical era | Syrian Civil War | ||||||||
• Formation of the Afrin Region (then "Afrin Canton") | 2014 | ||||||||
• Reorganisation of the Administrative divisions of Rojava | 2017 | ||||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||
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| Today part of |   Turkish occupation of northern Syria | ||||||||
Afrin Canton (Kurdish: Kantona Efrînê; Arabic: مقاطعة عفرين; Classical Syriac: ܦܠܩܐ ܕܥܦܪܝܢ, romanized: Pelqā dha-ʻAfrin) was one of the cantons of Rojava. Syria's Afrin District fell under the control of the People's Protection Units (YPG) around 2012 and an "Afrin Canton" (now Afrin Region) was declared in 2014. Afrin Canton in its latest form was established in 2017, however, as part of the reorganisation of Rojava's subdivisions. With Afrin as its administrative centre,[2] the canton was part of the larger Afrin Region. As a result of Operation Olive Branch in early 2018, Afrin Canton became part of the Turkish occupation of northern Syria. The government of the Afrin Region now administers only the area around Tell Rifaat.[3][4]
- ^ Walid Al Nofal; Tariq Adely (12 March 2018). "Turkish-backed rebels poised to encircle Afrin city after days of swift advances". Syria Direct. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "The Constitution of the Rojava Cantons; Personal Website of Mutlu Civiroglu". civiroglu.net. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "YPG start retreating from Afrin city center after they abandoned and burned their headquarters in the city". syria.liveuamap.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Turkey's forces capture Syrian Kurdish town of Afrin". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.