TEHRAN, January 28 - Turkey started a military operation dubbed Olive Branch in Syrian Afrin on January 20 to protect its borders from, what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called a "terrorist army", referring to the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), supported by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
TEHRAN, January 26 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey may extend its operation against the Afrin region in Syria to other cities as far east as the Iraqi border.
TEHRAN, January 25 - US President Donald Trump has cautioned his Turkish counterpart to avoid any measures in Syria that “might risk conflict” between the two countries.
TEHRAN, January 23 - Despite the warnings of Iran and other countries about Turkey’s raids to northern Syria, the Turkish news agency Anadolu tried to justify the raids.
The Turkish chief of staff released a video on Sunday of a tunnel that it said was used as an ammunition depot at Afrin, Syria being hit with an airstrike on Saturday.
TEHRAN, January 21 - The Syrian government on Saturday strongly condemned the “brutal Turkish aggression” against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, and categorically rejected Ankara’s claim about having informed Damascus of the operation.