'Operation Olive Branch' to Afrin

AFRIN, SYRIA - FEBRUARY 19 : Soldiers raise their guns in the air after the Turkish military and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) liberated Ikidam, Shaltah, Marsawiyah villages and Hill 687 in western Rajo town of Afrin in northwestern Syria from the control of PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups during ongoing Operation Olive Branch on February 19, 2018. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syrias 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. (Photo by Beha El Halebi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)