AFRIN, SYRIA: Soldiers ride on back of an armoured vehicle of Free Syrian Army (FSA) after FSA and Turkish Armed Forces liberated the Mirkan and Sino villages in the Mabatli district, Tatara village in the Jinderes district, the Shaykh Ubasi and Jatal Qabu villages in the northwestern part of Afrin from PYD/PKK-Daesh terrorists within the “Operation Olive Branch” in Afrin, Syria on March 17, 2018. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.