PKK/PYD sends 1,700 terrorists to Syria’s Afrin as Turkish op advances

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)’s Syrian offshoot, the PYD, has summoned close to 1,700 terrorists to Syria’s Afrin from fronts across Syria, as the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and Free Syrian Army Fighters (FSA) continue to make gains in the context of the ongoing Operation Olive Branch.

"We took the decision to pull our forces out of Deir Ezzor province to head to the Afrin battle," it said.

PKK/PYD terrorists have been organizing reinforcement convoys in a hopeless bid to cover their losses in Afrin since Feb. 4, as TAF and FSA fighters advance steadily toward the region’s city center.

Reinforcement convoys were sent from the Aleppo, Ayn al-Arab and Tal Abyad fronts, merging with those summoned from Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, which were stationed in Hasakah’s Rasoulein region.

Terrorist convoys, which embarked late last night, aim to reach Afrin through the Manbij- Aleppo route and are expected to reach the entrance of Afrin on March 7 through the Nebbol- Basouta route, which is being monitored from the air and the ground by Turkey around the clock.

After seizing the town of Dounballi on Tuesday, the FSA’s Muntasir Billah Brigade uncovered one of PKK/PYD terrorists’ warehouses as it swept the region.

The warehouses contained 300 tons of sugar that the terror group had looted and was selling on the black market for astronomical prices.

The seized sugar will be distributed to Afrin towns where it will reach “its true beneficiaries,” according to one of the brigade’s commanders.

“These terrorists have seized supplies that belong to the people and hid it. As you see, your brothers from the FSA came to Afrin for your sake, to put an end to this injustice.”

On Jan. 20, Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch to clear YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists from Afrin.

According to the Turkish General Staff, the operation aims to establish security and stability along Turkey’s borders and the region as well as to protect Syrians from terrorist oppression and cruelty.

The operation is being carried out under the framework of Turkey's rights based on international law, UN Security Council resolutions, its self-defense rights under the UN charter, and respect for Syria's territorial integrity, it said.

The military also said only terror targets were being destroyed and that "utmost care" is being taken to avoid harming civilians.