TEHRAN (FNA)- A sum of 14 Turkish Army men and Ankara-backed militants were killed or wounded in fierce clashes with the Kurdish fighters in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo, a Kurdish media outlet reported on Wednesday.
Hawar news reported that four Turkish soldiers and allied militants were killed and six more were wounded in heavy fighting with the Kurdish militia in the village of Ali Jara in Bolboleh region within the framework of the Ankara-led Operation Olive Branch.
It went on to say that a military vehicle of the Turkish army was also destroyed by the Kurds in Bolboleh.
Also, four Operation Olive Branch forces were killed or injured in the battle with the Kurdish combatants in the village of Korka in Mabata region.
Militant-affiliated sources reported on Tuesday that the Turkish Army troops and Ankara-backed militants captured more Kurdish-held regions in Northwestern Aleppo and took full control over the entire region between the Turkish border and Afrin.
The news websites reported that the Ankara-backed militants engaged in fierce clashes with the Kurdish fighters in Sheikh Hadid flank within the framework of Operation Olive Branch in Afrin region and captured the villages of Sanara Foqani, Sanara Tahtani and Ankala.
The websites said that the army and their allied militants managed to capture a region between Jandaris and Sheikh Hadid regions and took control of Turkey-Syrian border in Afrin region.