The Turkish army announced the killing of 11 soldiers in the operation / olive branch/, in the region of Afrin, northwest of Syria.

“The Turkish armed forces lost 11 soldiers during operations against a number of Kurdish organizations and armed resistance fighters,” a statement by the Command of the Army Staff said.

On October 20, Turkey began the Operation “Olive Branch” in the Syrian region of Afrin, where the Turkish armed forces face Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units and supporters of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party as a Syrian branch of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party In Turkey.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency