Locals in Afrin gathered in the city’s main square to welcome pro-regime Syrian militias arriving to the region on February 22, according to a Lebanese media outlet reporting from Afrin.

This video was shared by a reporter from Afrin, Ahmad Shafi’a Bilal. The video shows people in Afrin’s Azadi Square holding in pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. Credit: Ahmad Shafi’a Bilal via Storyful