Turkish Army Preparing to Dispatch New Convoy of Special Forces to Afrin

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkish army sent special forces to its borders with Syria in line with Ankara's attempts to intensify Operation Olive Branch against the Kurds in Afrin.

News ID: 68938

Date: 01 March 2018 - 23:01

The Arabic website of Anadolu news agency reported that a new convoy of gendarmes and the Turkish police special forces has been dispatched to Hatay region, bordering Syria.

It added that the forces were sent to the borders to participate in Operation Olive Branch against the Kurds in Afrin.

Meantime, field sources affiliated to Ankara-backed militants referred to the special forces' mission in the second phase of Operation Olive Branch in Afrin, and said the operation would start soon.

Turkey had on Monday sent a number of other police troops and gendarmes to Afrin.

Also, last week, over 60 special police forces from Turkey were sent to Afrin after hundreds of Syrian popular forces were deployed in the region.

Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported that two groups of special police forces have been sent to Afrin from the two provinces of Izmir and Antalya on February 21.

According to the report, 40 police troops were dispatched to Afrin from Adnan Menderes airport in Izmir and 23 others were dispatched from the town of Aksu in Antalya to participate in Operation Olive Branch against the Kurds in Afrin.