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Turkey denies info of Russian side about Operation Olive Branch

Türkiye Materials 22 January 2018 17:55 (UTC +04:00)
The Turkish Foreign Ministry denied the information of the Russian side that the Operation Olive Branch will be limited to Afrin.
Turkey denies info of Russian side about Operation Olive Branch

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 22

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

The Turkish Foreign Ministry denied the information of the Russian side that the Operation Olive Branch will be limited to Afrin, the Turkish media reported Jan. 22 citing sources in the Turkish ministry.

Reportedly, Turkey did not promise Russia that Operation Olive Branch would be limited to Syria’s Afrin.

On Jan. 20, the Turkish Armed Forces, together with the Free Syrian Army, launched a military Operation Olive Branch in Afrin.

F-16 fighter planes of the Turkish Air Force, which are inflicting air strikes on the positions of PYD on the Syrian-Turkish border, are involved in the operation.

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