Factions of “Olive Branch” Operation and the Turkish forces continue attacking Afrin area, and the aerial and missile shelling on Afrin is still ongoing
Ongoing military operations take place in Afrin areas located on the Syrian – Turkish borders in the northwestern countryside of Aleppo, where the Turkish warplanes continue flying in the sky, in conjunction with new airstrikes, targeting areas in the districts of Balbala and Raja, in conjunction with the ongoing missile and aerial shelling on the aforementioned areas and other places in Jandiris district, as well as the ongoing clashes taking place between the YPG and the Self Defense Forces, against the rebel and Islamic factions and the Turkish forces, in areas in the villages of Qarna, Shankla, Abu Dana, and other areas extending from Qastal Jando in the northeast of Afrin to areas in its southwest, in an ongoing attempts by the factions and the Turkish forces to advance in the area, and the SOHR monitored their advancement in the villages of Abu Dana, while the clashes and targeting is still ongoing between both parties.
The SOHR published hours ago that the military operations are continuing in Afrin area on the Syrian – Turkish border in the north-western countryside of Aleppo, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the warplanes returned to carry out their raids targeting areas in Bulbula Township in the north of Afrin on the border with Turkey, amid renewed shelling by the Turkish forces by artillery and rocket shells on the western and the northern countryside of Afrin, targeting areas in Raju and Jendires Townships and other places in Bulbula Township and Qastal Jendo area, in conjunction with the continuation of the violent clashes between the YPG and the Self-Defense Forces against the Turkish forces and the rebel and Islamic factions, in areas stretched from Qastal Jendo in the north-east of Afrin to Hamam in the south-west of it, which the continuation of the attempts by the latter to achieve advancement in the area and impose their control over positions and areas enable them to advance more and go deep into Afrin Area, and the clashes are accompanied by intensive artillery and rocket shelling on the clash areas and other areas in Afrin countryside.
This ongoing intensive shelling on the area, resulted in the fall of more human losses, in which a citizen was killed was killed by shelling by the Turkish forces on areas in Jama village in Sharra Township raising to 33 at least, the number of citizens who have been killed since the “Olive Branch” Operation was launched on the 20th of January 2018, they are 2 citizens were killed in shelling by the SDF on areas in Kiljibrin town controlled by the rebel and Islamic factions in the northern countryside of Aleppo, and 31 citizens including 8 children and 4 women, the number of citizens who were killed by the Turkish aerial, artillery and rocket shelling on several areas of Afrin located in the north-western countryside of Aleppo, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of a large number of injuries, some of them have seriously wounded.