Thirty terrorists from the PYD were neutralized after Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) units stationed near the border gates with Syria struck their positions in Afrin.
Residential quarters in the city of Azaz in the Euphrates Shield region were targeted by PKK/PYD mortar fire late on Tuesday night, however, the attack did not result in any loss of life or injuries.
Turkish artillery units stationed in Hatay’s Hassa and Kırıkhan districts retaliated by striking PKK/PYD targets in Afrin that were previously identified via drones and radars.
Turkish fighter jets simultaneously struck PKK/PYD position in Afrin’s rural regions, directly striking 25 positions, two of which contained heavy weapons arsenals that belonged to the terrorists.
According to intercepted communications between PKK/PYD terrorists, the shots fired by Turkish howitzer artillery resulted in two big explosions that killed a large number of terrorists, Yeni Safak reported.
