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AL BASOUTA, Syria \u2013 Abdul Rahman Omar fled his village in the Afrin district in northern Syria<\/a> eight years ago as a Turkish offensive against Kurdish fighters swept across the area.<\/p>\n

Now he is among hundreds of Kurds who have recently returned to Afrin. He joined neighbors in celebrating the spring festival of Nowruz<\/a> for the first time since their return from exile, and for the first time after the government declared the celebration a national holiday.<\/p>\n

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