Turkish helicopters shell west of Afrin and accusations of using napalm in the place of shelling along with violent clashes

The violent clashes are still ongoing in Afrin area in the northwestern countryside of Aleppo, between the attacking forces of “Olive Branch” operation, and the Kurdish forces, which are defending the area, and the SOHR monitored ongoing violent clashes in hills and areas in Rajo district, following ongoing attacks by the Turkish forces in an attempt to go deep into the area and control the area by firearm, where violent clashes are taking place in Ali Baksa area and other nearby places, in the western countryside of Afrin, between the YPG and the Self Defense forces, against the rebel and Islamic factions and the Turkish forces, and the clashes are accompanied by exchange of targeting between both parties.

The clashes are accompanied by heavy artillery and aerial shelling on areas controlled by the Kurdish forces in the western and southern countryside of Afrin, where the Turkish forces shelled areas in Rajo district and the northern countryside of Afrin, in conjunction with airstrikes that targeted Kafri Kar area by two helicopters, amid an accusations against the Turkish forces of using napalm in positions of the Kurdish forces, and there is information about causalities, due to an exchange of shelling and targeting, in which a military vehicle of the “Olive Branch” Operation Forces was damaged by the Kurdish forces.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that it monitored the participation of the Turkish helicopters in the combat operations targeting the clash areas, in conjunction with intensive artillery and rocket shelling which targeted areas in Raju Township and other places in the north and the west of Afrin, in conjunction with the ongoing fighting in several areas on the border line between Afrin and Turkey, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published few hours ago, that it has documented that the number of the fighters who were killed has increased to 59 fighters of the YPG and the Self-Defense forces, while it has increased to 69 at least, the number of the fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions operating within the “Olive Branch” Operation, including 7 soldiers of the Turkish forces who have been killed in the clashes since the 20th of January 2018, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information about the presence of more casualties in the ranks of the both parties, which may raise the death toll, while the factions captured today a fighter of the YPG in the clashes which took places in Raju Township.