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Terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)’s Syrian offshoot, the PYD, are smuggling their own families out of Afrin as they block the region’s civilians from leaving, after Turkey launched an operation dubbed “Olive Branch” on Saturday, aiming to clear the northwestern Syrian region from PKK/PYD terrorists.
As civilians are being used as “human shields” by PKK/PYD terrorists, family members and close associates of terrorists are allowed to leave, as the terror group attempts to relocate them to distant regions.
People of Afrin fed up with PKK terrorists
Violations targeting the region’s population by PKK/PYD terrorists are still ongoing.
Civilians are being taken hostage and forced to take up arms as terrorists continue to bombard children and hospitals, which revealed the true aims of PKK/PYD terror organization.
Bereaved families are left helpless as their kids are being taken hostage by the terror organization.
Turkey on Saturday launched Operation Olive Branch to remove PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups from Afrin.
The operation is being carried out under the framework of Turkey’s rights based on international law, UN Security Council decisions, self-defense rights under the UN charter and respect to Syria's territorial integrity, the Turkish General Staff has said.
The military also said that only terrorist targets were being destroyed and "utmost importance" was being given to not harm any civilian.
The PYD/PKK is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terrorist group, which has been designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.
Turkish army continued to shell positions of PKK/PYD terror group in Syria's Afrin on the third day of Operation Olive Branch on Monday.The military carried out the shelling from Turkey’s border province of Kilis in support of the Free Syrian Army, which was conducting a ground operation against terrorists in Afrin, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent in the field.The artillery fire, which intensified from time to time, could be heard from the city center in Kilis as well as in some villages of another border province of Hatay.Meanwhile, military vehicle reinforcements continued to be made for the border units.Turkey to continue Afrin operation 'to last terrorist'On Saturday, Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch to remove PYD/PKK and Daesh terrorists from Afrin.According to Turkish General Staff, the operation aims to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.The operation was being carried out under the framework of Turkey’s rights based on international law, UN Security Council’s decisions, self-defense rights under the UN charter and respect to Syria's territorial integrity, it said.The military also said the "utmost importance" was being given to not harm any civilian.Afrin has been a major hideout for the PYD/PKK since July 2012 when the Assad regime in Syria left the city to the terror group without putting up a fight.Video: Recent developments in Turkey's Operation Olive Branch
Turkey continues to shell PYD/PKK targets in Afrin
Turkey will continue operation in northwestern Afrin region, Syria until the last terrorist is “neutralized”, Turkish foreign minister said on Sunday.Speaking to reporters in Baghdad, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said rocket attack from Syria is the terrorists' rearguard action against Turkey.Çavuşoğlu said that some countries claim that PYD/PKK did not fire rocket in Turkey and the U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson received information from his friends on Saturday that such thing doesn’t happen."They should see the real face of the terrorist organization. Those who gave weapons to the terrorist organization do not have a say on this issue.Galeri: 'Operation Olive Branch' to Afrin"We will continue operations until the last terrorist is neutralized in this area," Çavuşoğlu, said referring to Operation Olive Branch.As part of Operation Olive Branch, the foreign minister said, Free Syrian Army and Turkish army have crossed the border and started capturing villages from the terrorist organization in Afrin.Turning to call of France for a UN Security Council meeting on Syria, the minister said if France or any other country takes the issue of Operation Olive Branch to the UN, Turkey will view it as an act of siding with a terrorist organization instead of siding with their ally."We would only expect France to support us in a situation like this," Çavuşoğlu said.Turkey’s operation in Afrin ‘only targets terrorists’PKK/PYD propagandaLater in a Twitter post, the foreign minister also criticized the propaganda of the terrorist organizations, which are showing killed terrorists as civilians.“As always, the #PYD/#YPG terrorists continue to deceive the world with nonsense propaganda and baseless lies by showing neutralized terrorists as civilians. They use civilians as human shields. Our target is neither our Kurdish brothers nor Syrians. We are only after terrorists,” he wrote.Turkey on Saturday launched Operation Olive Branch to remove PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups from Afrin.Old photos being used to discredit Afrin OperationThe operation was being carried out under the framework of Turkey’s rights based on international law, UN Security Council’s decisions, self-defense rights under the UN charter and respect to Syria's territorial integrity, the Turkish General Staff has said.The military also said only terrorist targets were being destroyed and "utmost importance" was being given to not harm any civilian.The PYD/PKK is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terrorist group, which has been designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.
Turkey to continue Afrin operation 'to last terrorist'
Three photographs, which were claimed to be taken during Turkey’s operation in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region, have turned out to be old photos that were captured during different incidents in the past.Black propaganda against Turkish military began soon after it launched Operation Olive Branch Afrin on Saturday to clear PYD/PKK and Daesh terrorists from the region.One of the photographs was captured during a fire incident in Kuwait’s Salmiya province that occurred on Apr. 26, 2016.The photo was shared on Twitter with the claim that Turkey dropped bomb on civilians in Afrin.Turkey’s operation in Afrin ‘only targets terrorists’Another picture, which shows a tank in flames, was being shared on Facebook with the claim that the Turkish Armed Forces were hit in northern Afrin’s Bulbul village.The photograph was actually taken on July 19, 2014 in Khan Yunis city of Gaza Strip.The third picture was being shared on Twitter with the claim that a woman was injured and frozen to death during the operation in Afrin. The photo was originally taken on Jan. 18, 2018.The photo showed a woman was frozen to death together with her family on highlands, while they tried to enter Lebanon from Syria’s border.Erdoğan discusses Afrin operation with MHP leaderAlso, a picture of an injured child was being circulated on some social media accounts. It claimed to be taken during the Afrin operation.The claim was false and the photo was actually captured in 2016.Turkish General Staff asserted that the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.The operation was being carried out under the framework of Turkey’s rights based on international law, UN Security Council’s decisions, self-defense rights under the UN charter and respect to Syria's territorial integrity, the military added.It also said only terrorist targets were being destroyed and "utmost importance" was being given to not harm any civilian.Afrin has been a major hideout for the PYD/PKK since July 2012 when the Assad regime in Syria left the city to the terror group without putting up a fight.The PYD/PKK is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terrorist group, which has been designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.
Old photos being used to discredit Afrin Operation