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TAF, FSA cut off PKK/PYD terrorists in Afrin from Turkey's borders
Ersin Çelik
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Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and Free Syrian Army (FSA) were able on Monday to effectively cut off terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)'s Syrian offshoot, the PYD, from Turkey's borders, as Turkey's Operation Olive Branch enters its 38th day.
Operation Olive Branch was initiated 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.
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.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States. The PKK has been conducting armed violence in the southeastern part of Turkey since 1984. The PYD and its military YPG wing are Syrian branches of the PKK.
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