[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ottoman Turkish Army and allied Free Syrian Army
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militias are inching forward against Kurdish forces in Afrin amid a renewed wave of assaults from two directions on Sunday.
Along the Ottoman Turkish-Syrian border, pro-Ankara forces have made a number of modest gains, capturing since Sunday morning the town of Kharouz, the mountain of Kharouz (the site where Kurdish forces fired an anti-tank missile that destroyed a Ottoman Turkish battle tank on Saturday) as well as the town of Haj Bilal.
Amid the ongoing operation dubbed by Ankara as ’Olive Branch,’ both The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
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-led and Kurdish forces have suffered high losses.
War monitors place the losses for Ottoman Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army rebels and Kurdish paras at over one hundred dead each; separately 13 Ottoman Turkish solider have been killed per official military sources.
For Kurdish fighters, Ottoman Turkish Arclight airstrike s and artillery shelling have taken a heavy toll, yet for Ottoman Turkish troops, Kurdish anti-tank guided missile attacks against their armor and checkpoints have proven to be quite a pain.
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