Afrin, Syria

Two Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria's northwestern Afrin region during a sweep and clear mission, the Turkish army said on March 27.

The Turkish military has been continuing to clear landmines and improvised explosive devices (IED) in the northwestern Syrian district of Afrin after Turkish forces and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) took control of the enclave on March 18 as part of "Operation Olive Branch."

The Turkish military have discovered a hidden, 50-meter-long tunnel leading to an underground hospital wing during security sweeps in the town center of the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on March 25. 

The Turkish military have discovered a hidden, 50-meter-long tunnel leading to an underground hospital wing during security sweeps in the town center of the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on March 25. 

The Turkish government has denied Lebanese media reports claiming Turkish warplanes bombed the archaeological site of Brad near Syria's Afrin district during "Operation Olive Branch" on March 24. 

Syria's northern Afrin region has been taken under "complete" control as part of Turkish-led Operation Olive Branch, the Turkish military said on March 24.

Turkey’s military operations in neighboring Syria “will not stop” with the district of Afrin and will continue in Manbij and Idlib, President Recep Erdoğan vowed on March 23.

Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar said on March 22 that civilians have begun returning to areas cleared of People's Protection Units (YPG) militants in Afrin in northwestern Syria, which Turkey on March 18 declared control over amid its ongoing "Operation Olive Branch."

Four Turkish soldiers were killed on March 22 in eastern Turkey and Syria's northwestern district of Afrin, officials have said. 

Three Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria’s Afrin after a hand-made explosive detonated, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on March 22.