Operation Olive Branch was initiated on Jan. 20 in Syria's Afrin to establish security and stability, eliminate terrorists of PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh, and save locals from the terrorists' oppression and cruelty. 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.
ANKARA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 22: Police Special Operation members are seen during their sendoff ceremony in Ankara, Turkey on February 22, 2018. Seven crews of a hundred and fifty Special Operations Police of Police Department are sent off to Syria's Afrin to join the ongoing "Operation Olive Branch". Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA), backed by Turkish Army, are seen after they liberated Ali Raju and Miqdad villages of Bulbul town from YPG/ PYD /PKK-Daesh terrorists within the "Operation Olive Branch" in Afrin, Syria on February 22, 2018. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA), backed by Turkish Army, are seen after they liberated Ali Raju and Miqdad villages of Bulbul town from YPG/ PYD /PKK-Daesh terrorists within the "Operation Olive Branch" in Afrin, Syria on February 22, 2018. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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Police Special Operation members are seen during their sendoff ceremony in Ankara, Turkey on February 22, 2018. Seven crews of a hundred and fifty Special Operations Police of Police Department are sent off to Syria's Afrin to join the ongoing "Operation Olive Branch". Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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ANKARA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 22: Police Special Operation members are seen during their sendoff ceremony in Ankara, Turkey on February 22, 2018. Seven crews of a hundred and fifty Special Operations Police of Police Department are sent off to Syria's Afrin to join the ongoing "Operation Olive Branch". Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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ANKARA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 22: Police Special Operation members are seen during their sendoff ceremony in Ankara, Turkey on February 22, 2018. Seven crews of a hundred and fifty Special Operations Police of Police Department are sent off to Syria's Afrin to join the ongoing "Operation Olive Branch". Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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ANKARA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 22: Police Special Operation members are seen during their sendoff ceremony in Ankara, Turkey on February 22, 2018. Seven crews of a hundred and fifty Special Operations Police of Police Department are sent off to Syria's Afrin to join the ongoing "Operation Olive Branch". Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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ANKARA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 22: Police Special Operation members are seen during their sendoff ceremony in Ankara, Turkey on February 22, 2018. Seven crews of a hundred and fifty Special Operations Police of Police Department are sent off to Syria's Afrin to join the ongoing "Operation Olive Branch". Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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ANKARA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 22: Police Special Operation members are seen during their sendoff ceremony in Ankara, Turkey on February 22, 2018. Seven crews of a hundred and fifty Special Operations Police of Police Department are sent off to Syria's Afrin to join the ongoing "Operation Olive Branch". Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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A photo taken from Turkey's Hatay province shows Turkish Armed Forces' T-122 Sakarya multiple launch rocket system firing to hit PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Deash terror group target within the 'Operation Olive Branch' launched in Syria's Afrin, on February 22, 2018. Turkish Army says 30-40-vehicle convoy of PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Deash was hit during Turkey's operation in Syria's Afrin. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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A photo taken from Turkey's Hatay province shows Turkish Armed Forces' T-122 Sakarya multiple launch rocket system firing to hit PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Deash terror group target within the 'Operation Olive Branch' launched in Syria's Afrin, on February 22, 2018. Turkish Army says 30-40-vehicle convoy of PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Deash was hit during Turkey's operation in Syria's Afrin. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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A photo taken from Turkey's Hatay province shows Turkish Armed Forces' T-122 Sakarya multiple launch rocket system firing to hit PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Deash terror group target within the 'Operation Olive Branch' launched in Syria's Afrin, on February 22, 2018. Turkish Army says 30-40-vehicle convoy of PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Deash was hit during Turkey's operation in Syria's Afrin. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
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