Turkey says 8 soldiers killed in its offensive
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Turkey's military says eight of its soldiers were killed in its offensive on a Kurdish-held enclave in northwestern Syria.
In two separate statements late Thursday, the army announced 13 others were wounded in the operation to oust the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, from Afrin. Turkey considers them a terror group, connected to a Kurdish insurgency within its own borders.
The military death toll has now reached 41 since the launch of the operation on Jan. 20.
Private Dogan news agency reported heavy clashes in northwestern Afrin earlier Thursday, where YPG fighters attacked Turkish forces through tunnels. The agency said a Turkish evacuation helicopter could not land after coming under fire until airstrikes cleared the area. The soldiers in critical condition were then evacuated.
