Despite the UN Security Council Resolution 2401, which obligates all parties to stop hostilities, the Turkish state continues to violate the international resolution and targets our people in Afrin with deferent types of weapons and airstrikes, which expose our people to a systematic annihilation. Therefore, our forces are confined to self- defense in case of any attacks on Afrin.

1-Afrin city: the Turkish invasion army is still brutally bombing Afrin’s neighborhood, where the Turkish jets are targeting the public facilities and the populated areas, including the pediatrics in Avrin Hospital yesterday.

2-Jinderes: all of the villages in Jinderes axis are areas of engagements between our forces and the Turkish invasion army and its backed terrorists factions (ISIS- Al Nusra). The clashes accompanied by heavy artillery shelling and airstrikes, where the fiercest clashes were in Satiya village.

3-Belbeleh: all of the villages in this axis were arenas of heavy clashes between our forces and the invaders. These clashes accompanied by brutal aerial and artillery shelling, where the clashes were concentrated in Bileh village. according to our fighters from the battlefield, 19 terrorists were killed.

4-Shieheh: there are heavy clashes in the villages of Meshki, Mekhara and Chaqmaqa villages since yesterday until writing this report. According to our fighters, 11 terrorists were killed. It is worth noting that these clashes are accompanied by heavy airstrikes and artillery shelling.

SDF Media Center

13 March 2018