Turkish Army Makes Fresh Gains in Kurdish-Held Regions in Northern Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkish Army troops and their allied militants continued Operation Olive Branch against Kurds in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo and captured three more villages on Wednesday.

News ID: 68368

Date: 31 January 2018 - 12:32

Dissident-affiliated sources reported that forces of the Operation Olive Branch managed to capture the villages of Sati Yushaqin East of Syriatel hill in Rajou region after heavy fighting with the Kurdish fighters.

The sources further claimed that the Turkish soldiers and allied militants pushed the Kurds away from the villages of al-Khalil and al-Hanah (Zaten).

The sources said that Operation Olive Branch is underway in Rajou region, adding that the Kurdish positions on Jabal (mount) Barsaya and in Jabal Bafloun and the village of Arab Weiran came under attack by the Turkish army and affiliated militants.

A Turkish media outlet reported on Tuesday that the Turkish Army dispatched another convoy of military vehicles and equipment to Northern Aleppo to reinvigorate its front against Kurdish militias in Afrin region.

The Turkish-language state-run Anadolu news agency reported that the Turkish army dispatched more military vehicles, including armored personnel carriers, landmine-proof military vehicles, trucks and cranes and construction machinery, to the town of Azaz in Northern Aleppo via Onjo Binar border-crossing in Kilis province.