YPG killed 11 soldiers, mercenaries in Afrin

The people Protection Units (YPG) pointed out that they carried out several operations in Afrin that resulted in killing 11 soldiers and mercenaries of the Turkish occupation army in addition to wounding another number of them in Afrin canton, through a statement.

7 December, 2018 10:07

NEWS DESK

YPG issued a statement on Friday to the public opinion in which they disclosed the outcomes of the operations they have carried out in Afrin, and confirmed the killing of 3 Turkish soldiers and 8 mercenaries.

The statement included,

"Within the second stage of the Resistance of the Age in Afrin, our forces continue carrying out military operations against the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries in the area.

On December 5th, one of our units carried out an operation in the area between Afrin’s Sherawa and Shara districts, targeting a military base of the Turkish invasion army. Clashes broke out between our forces and Turkish soldiers. As a result, three Turkish soldiers were killed.

During the clashes and while staging incomparable resistance, one of our comrades was martyred. The name of our martyred comrade will be released to the public at a later time.

On December 6th, our unit carried out an operation, targeting the terrorists of the Sultan Murad Division in Afrin’s Rajo district. As a result, one of the mercenaries was killed and another one was wounded.

Regarding the operation from December 2nd, when our forces have targeted the Ahrar al-Sham headquarters located in the center of Jinderese town and which resulted in killing six terrorists and heavily wounding eight others, it was clarified that one more mercenary that had been wounded died of his wounds later."