Turkey reports on killed in Afrin operation

Turkey's Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said 41 Turkish soldiers and 116 allied Syrian opposition force members have been killed so far in the cross-border offensive in the northwest Syrian enclave of Afrin.

According to Canikli, 95 residential areas on a 615 square-kilometer land and 28 critical positions have been taken under control, Anadolu Agency reported.

Turkey's offensive in Syria's Afrin was launched on January 20.