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The Region News reported that People’s Protection Units (YPG), said, on Friday, they will target rebels and their families that are working with the Turkish army in Afrin, and announced the death of a rebel commander named Jamal al-Zakhlool.
“The terrorist named Jamal al-Zakhlool, who was responsible for organizing the placement of terrorists and their families brought to Afrin from various places in Syria, and who had been being followed by our forces, was killed in the organized activities,” the YPG said.
The YPG claimed that Al-Zakhlool was forcing Afrin residents to flee their homes and was placing FSA terrorists and their families in the abandoned homes of Afrin people.
"Yesterday our forces have carried out an attack against Al-Zakhlool’s vehicle in the area between Kurzalah and Basutah villages which was resulted in the death of Al-Zakhlool and all of the terrorists with him," YPG declared.
"Failaq al-Sham gangs, who wanted to intervene after the operation, were also targeted by our forces, three more terrorists were killed and two military vehicles were destroyed as a result of the successful actions," the YPG stated.
“We reiterate that these terrorists and their families are the main targets of our forces. Our forces will target all the elements in the Afrin Canton that are in contact or cooperation with the Turkish invasion state,” the YPG concluded.
According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR), a rebel commander named Abu Khaled Zahlul and his wife were killed by a mine explosion in al Basutah area in the countryside of Afrin.
Source: The Region News