1,500 Kurdish fighters killed in Turkish-led Syria assault: monitor
Sunday, 18 March, 2018 , 07:57
Beirut, March 18, 2018 (AFP) — More than 1,500 Kurdish fighters have been killed in a two-month assault by Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels on the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, a monitor said Sunday.
Most of them were killed air strikes and artillery fire, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
More than 400 pro-Ankara rebels had been killed since January 20, the Observatory said.
