The Afrin Liberation Forces (ALF) claimed on June 7 that its cells had killed two Turkish service members and seven Syrian militants in a series of attacks inside the occupied area of Afrin in northern Aleppo between June 5 and 6.
“Our forces continue to carry out military operations against the soldiers of the Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries in Afrin and its surroundings, killing and injuring more mercenaries,” the ALF said in an official statement.
The Turkish service members, one of them an officer, were allegedly killed when Kurdish fighters targeted their position with an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) in the district of Sherawa. The NFL released a video of the operation.
Afrin Liberation Forces killed two soldiers from the Turkish occupation in Afrin pic.twitter.com/rW8YSPvX4h
— Şervanên Efrînê (@Liberationafrin) June 7, 2019
The Kurdish group also released videos showing two other attacks on Turkish-backed militants with improvised-explosive devices (IEDs) and mortars.
Afrin Liberation Forces killed three mercenaries in #Afrin on 5 June pic.twitter.com/IU6hssiKQO
— Şervanên Efrînê (@Liberationafrin) June 7, 2019
Video 3
Afrin Liberation Forces killed three mercenaries in #Afrin on 5 June pic.twitter.com/Q5H2090pjx— Şervanên Efrînê (@Liberationafrin) June 7, 2019
In the last few months, the Turkish military and its proxies made several attempts to secure southern Afrin. However, the ALF and other similar Kurdish guerrilla groups are still active in the occupied region.
