According to Turkish Army official declaration, during the first week of Operation Olive Branch 340 targets are destroyed in Afrin by Turkish Airforce.
Islamic World News Analysis Group reports: Behcet Ebdo, commander of YPG forces in Afrin, only an hour after Al Mayadeen TV announces that YPG and Syrian Army agree that Syrian troops enter Afrin, denies this news entirely.
After Turkish Army fails to occupy Bulbul village in northern Afrin, with changing tactics, the forces move around and occupy Korny and Bali Kuy villages laying in eastern Bulbul.
Abu Dhohur is an important airbase in northern Syria and has an area of 16 km2
Islamic World News Analysis Group: Resistance troops by advancing in western Khanaser axis and liberating Um Tinah, Aliyah and Um Wadi join troops surrounding Abu Dhohur thus rebels and ISIS are in siege in an area of 1200 km2.
In the last few days with accelerating the events in northwestern Syria, there is a high risk of engagement and changes the power balance.
On January 14, the former branch of al-Qaeda in Syria – Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – and its allies recaptured the villages of Atshan, Tell Maraq, Umm Khalakhil, Zifr Saqer, Zif Kabir, Suruj, Istablat and Rasm al-Qard in the southeastern Idlib countryside from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), according to the HTS-lined Iba’a news agency.
Islamic World News Analysis Group; Moghawemat troops along with Syrian Army could liberate more than 30 villages in the region with their swift advance.
Islamic World News Analysis Group; Abu Dhohur airbase is still occupied but most probably tomorrow is the liberation day for this strategic airbase.
Islamic World News Analysis group reports that in early hours of today, Israeli fighters attack to some points in Syria again and Syrian Army only confines to interception of missiles and a statement.
Islamic World News Analysis Group: The Syrian army succeeded in continuing its rapid advances to the Abu Dhohur airbase & liberated 15 news villages, reaching less than 7 kilometers to the Abu Dhohur airbase.
Islamic World News Analysis Group reports that with recent advances, there is only 15 km to Abu Dhohur airbase.
