Turkish Armed Forces casualties in Syria

Turkey bombed a convoy belonging to the YPG militants during Operation Olive Branch in Afrin, northwestern Syria, the Turkish army said on Feb. 24. 

The Turkish Armed Forces bombed a convoy of 30-40 vehicles belonging to the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units [YPG] on Feb. 22 during “Operation Olive Branch” in Syria’s northwestern town of Afrin.

United States Department of State Spokesperson Heather Nauert said on Feb. 22 that “some of the forces [Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG)] that we are working with in the east, we are seeing starting to go to Afrin.”

Turkey has sent hundreds of special operations teams and volunteer village guards into Syria’s Afrin district, where “Operation Olive Branch” against Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) has been ongoing since Jan.

A total of 1,369 Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have been “neutralized” since the launch of Turkey’s “Operation Olive Branch” in the northern Syrian district of Afrin, the Turkish military stated on Feb. 12.