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On February 13, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) released a statement saying that 1,439 ‘terrorists’ had been neutralized since the start of Operation Olive Branch. The statement added that TAF airstrikes neuntralized 70 ‘terrorists’ in the overnight airstrikes on February 13.
The TAF is actively using its advantage in artillery, military equipment and aircraft to pound positions of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the Afrin area.
According to some sources, the TAF and the Free Syrian Army are not hurrying up to advance deeper into the YPG-held area and it uses the sitaution to destroy as much YPG fortifications, weapon depots and equipment as possible.
#YPG attack on #OperationOliveBranch forces from Jinderes district on #UAV camera.Aerial bombartment destroys the building which YPG vehicles are hiding.#Afrin pic.twitter.com/nD8ouYKiGU
— Cemal (@Acemal71) 13 February 2018
On February 13, reports also appeared that the TAF artillery had shelled the center of the city of Afrin. There is no info about the alleged casualties as a result of the shelling.
