Turkish Army Occupies More Regions in Northern Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkish Army troops and Ankara-backed militants managed to capture three more villages in Northwestern Aleppo after heavy fighting with the Kurds, local sources reported on Sunday.

News ID: 68858

Date: 25 February 2018 - 12:21

The sources said that the army men and allied militants continued Operation Olive Branch in Afrin region and captured the village of Donbali East of Rajou region and the villages of Hajinkali Foqani and Hajinkalin Tahtani South of the small town of Rajoiu

The Turkish Army General Staff said in a statement on Saturday that a sum of 1,931 Kurdish militants have been killed or captured by the Turkish army men or Ankara-backed militants within the framework of Operation Olive Branch in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo that started on January 20.

Meantime, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed earlier today that a sum of 1,219 Turkish soldiers and allied militants have thus far been killed in the last 5 weeks of Ankara's assault on the Kurds in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo.