Turkish Army Dispatches More Equipment, Tanks to Borders with Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Turkish Army has forwarded a long convoy of armored vehicles and tanks to its borders with Syria to further join the Operation Olive Branch against the Kurds in Northern Syria, well-informed sources reported on Sunday.

News ID: 68996

Date: 04 March 2018 - 13:57

The sources said that the army has forwarded a long military column, including over 100 tanks and armored vehicles and heavy weapons, to its border with Syria's Afrin.

The sources said that the convoy has arrived in Kilis province near border with Afrin.

They added that the Operation Olive Branch is supposed to launch a fresh round of attacks against the Kurds in Eastern Afrin in coming days.

The Kurdish-language Hawar news reported on Saturday that the Kurdish combatants fired several rockets at the Turkish units and allied militants in the village of Baflor near the town of Jandaris, destroying four vehicles and killing all of the forces of Operation Olive Branch on board, adding that the Ankara forces were plundering the villagers' houses.

Hawar news further said that the Kurds also engaged in fierce clashes with the Ankara forces in the villages of Baflon and Jama in Shera region and destroyed a military vehicle, killing a number of Turkey-backed forces.

In the meantime, 37 Turkish soldiers and allied militants were killed and tens of others were wounded in clashes with the Kurds in the village of Ba'adina and Mabata region and Kowanda in Rajou region.