The outcome of combats within the past 24 hours in Afrin
The outcome of combats within the past 24 hours in Afrin
Despite the UN Security Council Resolution 2401, which obligates all parties to stop hostilities, the Turkish state continues to violate the international resolution and targets our people in Afrin with deferent types of weapons and airstrikes, which expose our people to a systematic annihilation. Therefore, our forces are confined to self- defense in case of any attacks on Afrin.
1-Afrin City: the city center of Afrin and its vicinity have been exposed to a brutal artillery shelling and airstrikes since yesterday until writing this report.
2-Jinderes: the villages of Shadera and Iseka have been exposed to the Turkish airstrikes since yesterday until the preparation of this report.
3-Belbeleh: in Kotana village, heavy clashes broke out between our forces and the Turkish invasion army and its terrorist factions unceasingly since yesterday until writing this report. The clashes accompanied by an indiscriminate shelling artillery shelling and airstrikes. Our observed a group of the Turkish occupation army and the terrorist factions with a car. When our forces targeted the group and the car, it was shown later that it was a VBIED, and it sounds that the terrorists were preparing the VBIED to attack on of our positions. Our fighters targeted the car bomb and killed more than 60 terrorists.
There are heavy clashes in the villages of Qizil Bash, Qasha and Darwish since yesterday until writing this report, where our fighters from the battlefield confirmed the killing of more than 30 terrorists.
4-Sherawa: there are heavy clashes between our forces and the Turkish invasion army and its terrorist factions in Basiliah village, accompanied by artillery shelling and airstrikes. The clashes resulted in killing 14 terrorists.
In Villa Qadi village, our forces engaged with the invaders since yesterday until writing this report, accompanied by artillery shelling and airstrikes. Our fighters from the battlefield reported the killing of more than 15 terrorists.
5-Sharra: some of the terrorists tried to infiltrate into Maydanki dam, our forces repelled their attacks and killed 6 terrorists.
6-Raju: this axis is still a target for the Turkish indiscriminate bombardment, where the bombardment is concentrated on Bilal Al-Habashi village.
Syria Democratic Forces – Media Center
12 March 2018
