On February 24 morning, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured the villages of Abu Kaab and Hajiler from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the Syrian area of Afrin. According to Ankara, the TAF and the FSA had captured 103 locations since the start of Operation Olive Branch on January 20.
On the same day, the TAF’s General Staff released an official statement saying that 1,931 ‘terrorists’ had been neutralized since the start of the operation. It should be noted that the TAF continues to argue that its forces combat some mysterious ISIS members alognside with different Kurdish militias operating in Afrin.







