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| Turkish Army extends Syria operation to Azaz district, east of Afrin - state media | Turkish Army extends Syria operation to Azaz district, east of Afrin - state media |
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| Turkish armed forces have advanced into the Azaz district of Syria, east of the Afrin region, state Anadolu agency reported. This comes as Operation Olive Branch against Kurdish forces enters its third day. | Turkish armed forces have advanced into the Azaz district of Syria, east of the Afrin region, state Anadolu agency reported. This comes as Operation Olive Branch against Kurdish forces enters its third day. |
| The Turkish military have thus continued their operation’s ground phase, which began on Sunday. Ankara said 153 targets were struck, including units of Kurdish forces and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). | |
| President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey would not take a step back from the operation in the Afrin region. He also said that Ankara had an agreement with Russia regarding its military operation against a US-backed Kurdish militia. | |
| Speaking at an Ankara Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony, Erdogan stressed that he wants to support the national security and territorial integrity of Syria as Turkey “has no designs on territories of another country.” | |
| Turkish towns in Hatay province have been hit with multiple missiles fired from northern Syria for two days in a row. The latest strike occurred on Monday, when a missile from Syria struck a Turkish camp where Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters were located, killing two people and wounding 12, according to the Dogan news agency. | |
| Erdogan has threatened that the attackers will pay a “heavy price” for hitting Turkish territory. |