Turkish-Syrian border areas witnessed this week a military escalation, marking the five-year anniversary of Türkiye’s Operation Olive Branch aimed to clear members affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from the Afrin region.
On Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Turkish forces and their proxies shelled the vicinity of Abin village in Shirawa district, Maraanaz, Al-Malkiyah and Al-Shawargha in Shiran district in Afrin countryside north western of Aleppo. However, the extent of damage were not reported.
