The Guards Special Forces, which is formed entirely of Kurds, arrived in Syria’s Afrin from Turkey’s Şırnak to partake in the country’s ongoing Operation Olive Branch on Wednesday.
Security expert Abdullah Ağar posted photographs of the Kurdish team in Afrin. “Following the Gendarmerie and Police Special Forces, the Guards Special Forces went to Afrin from Şırnak. The PKK and other such groups which enforce micro-nationalism and ethnic separatism will be ruined again,” said Ağar in his Twitter post.
Police and Gendarmerie Special Forces entered Afrin earlier to engage in residential operations.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday he hopes the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin would be liberated from terrorists “by this evening.”
Turkey initiated Operation Olive Branch on Jan. 20 in Afrin to establish security and stability, eliminate terrorists of PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh, and save locals from the terrorists’ oppression and cruelty. The military said it is putting the "utmost importance" on not harming any civilians.
A total of 3,444 terrorists have been neutralized since the start of Operation Olive Branch in Syria's northwestern Afrin region.
Afrin has been a major hideout for the PKK terror group since July 2012, when the Assad regime in Syria left the city to the terror group without putting up a fight.
