Turkish Military Says It Struck 30-40 Vehicles Long ‘Terrorist’ Convoy Entering Afrin (Video)

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On February 23 evening, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) a convoy, which was entering Afrin.

According to the Turkish General Staff, the TAF attacked a convoy of 30-40 vehicles belonging to the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and even ISIS.

The claim that the convoy was belonging to ISIS is a nonsense. However, the claims about some ISIS presence is a common thing in almost all statements of the TAF on its Operation Olive Branch.

Separately, Kurdish sources released info that it was an aid convoy, which was about to enter the Afrin area through the Ziyarah crossing.

Some sources say that an unknown number of pro-government fighters were embedded with the convoy.

A video from the scene by the PYD:

القافلة المدنية القادمة من الجزيرة لمساندة عفرين و التي تعرضت للقصف التركي ليلة امس. pic.twitter.com/oAj1deNCOv

— pyd rojava (@PYD_Rojava) 23 February 2018

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