Amid the flood of false images and fake information spread by PKK/YPG-linked social media accounts and websites over Turkey's Operation Olive Branch aimed at clearing the terrorist groups from Syria's Afrin, a photo shared by the UNICEF division prompted a social media campaign demanding apology.

A tweet posted Sunday by the official Twitter account of UNICEF Middle East & North Africa (MENA) – decrying dire humanitarian conditions among children in Afrin and implying Turkey's operation forced local populations to flee their homes – featured a photo from the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, which has been besieged by Assad regime forces since the outbreak of the civil war.The photo was shared by another UNICEF employee, Stefanie Carmichael, on her official Twitter account on Dec. 22, 2017, and it was also featured in other UN websites.

Turkish social media users were quick to notice the mismatched image, with some demanding an apology from the humanitarian organization and others accusing it of siding with the terrorist group.Following reactions, the tweet posted by UNICEF MENA account was deleted on Monday afternoon.

In areas it controlled, the PKK's Syrian affiliate People's Protection Forces (YPG) terrorist group has committed serious human rights violations and caused hundreds of thousands of local Arabs, Kurds and Turkmens to flee to neighboring regions and countries. The terrorist grouptarget="_blank"'>