(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Ankara: Turkish and Free Syrian Army forces on Monday captured another village from PYD/PKK militants in northwestern Syria, near the Turkish border.

The armies launched a joint operation in the village of Sourkeh in Racu, western Afrin, according to Anadolu Agency.

Since the beginning of the operation, the Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army have managed to capture 35 different strategic areas from terrorists, it said.

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