In Syria's Afrin, locals mobilise to defend hometown Ammunition belts slung over their shoulders, voices cracking from the chanting, dozens of young Syrian Kurds amassed in Afrin's town square to enlist in the "resistance" movement against a Turkish-backed assault. Turkey on January 20 launched operation "Olive Branch" in the northern Syrian region of Afrin, fighting Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia which Ankara sees as a terror group. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES