Tens of Turkish Army Forces, Affiliated Militants Killed, Wounded by Kurds in Afrin

Tens of Turkish army forces and affiliated militants have been killed and injured in the Kurdish militias' military operations in Afrin in Aleppo province in the past two days.

News ID: 72106

Date: 30 August 2018 - 19:30

TEHRAN (Defapress)- The Kurdish units reported in a statement on Thursday that they engaged in clashes with Ferqat al-Hamzeh terrorists in the village of Ba'iyeh in Sharan region in Afrin, killing 10 militants.

Meantime, the Kurdish forces detonated a bomb during a gathering of militants affiliated to the Turkish army in Ba'iyeh, killing 5 terrorists and destroying their vehicle.

Also, explosion of two bombs on the road linking Ba'iyeh and Kafr Nabu in Afrin killed 4 Ankara-backed militants, including a commander of Faylaq al-Sham terrorist group.

According to the report, several other militants supported by the Turkish army were also wounded in the operations.

Relevant reports said on Sunday that the Ankara-backed militants continued to fuel tensions in Northwestern Aleppo after they seized people's farms and gardens in Jandaris.

The Ankara forces captured a large farmland with thousands of olive trees in Jandaris in occupied Afrin.

In the meantime, the Turkish troops and their allied militants destroyed and set fire at residential units in the village of Qarkouleh in Bolboleh region after looting the units.

Also, terrorists set fire at residential units in the village of Sarya in Mobata region.

Meantime, local sources reported that the Ankara forces continued arresting civilians in Afrin, adding that the terrorists received 50 mln Turkish lira as ransom for releasing a civilian in al-Mahmoudiyeh al-Zeidiyeh neighborhood in Afrin.

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