With the liberation of Halava on Friday, the number of villages in northern Syria liberated from the terrorist People's Protection Units (YPG) by Turkey's Operation Peace Spring grew to 14, Daily Sabah reports. Turkish forces have advanced 8 kilometers into Syria near Tal Abyad and 4 kilometers near Ras al-Ayn, Vice President Fuat Oktay said later on Friday.
The Defense Ministry said Friday night that the total number of YPG terrorists neutralized in the operation has reached 399. Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring, the third in a series of cross-border anti-terror operations in northern Syria targeting terrorists affiliated with Daesh and the PKK's Syrian offshoot the People's Protection Units (YPG), on October 9 at 4 p.m.
