Civilians fleeing the city of Afrin in northern Syria walk at the mountainous road of al-Ahlam while heading towards the check point in az-Ziyarah, in the government-controlled part of the northern Aleppo province, on March 15, 2018 on the way to seek refuge in the town of Nubol, 26 kms northwest of Aleppo city.
Hundreds of civilians have been fleeing Syria's Kurdish-majority city of Afrin this week, as Turkey-led rebels have advanced to the outskirts of Afrin city since launching an assault on the wider Kurdish enclave of the same name on January 20. / AFP PHOTO / GEORGE OURFALIAN