(Zaman Al Wasl TV)- Watch special footage for the Free Syrian Army (FSA) after seizing control of the town of Jinderes in Afrin region from Kurdish YPG militia last Thursday.
On Saturday, Turkish forces and FSA advanced to within just a few kilometres of the flashpoint town of Afrin, AFP said.
The move came a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his troops and the Syrian fighters they were backing could break into the Kurdish-controlled town "at any moment."
Turkey launched operation "Olive Branch" on January 20 against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), a powerful militia that controls the Afrin region in northwest Syria and which Ankara regards as a "terror group".
On Saturday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said the attacking forces "are now four kilometres (2.5 miles) away from the town of Afrin from the northeast, where there are intense clashes, air strikes, and artillery fire."
Zaman Al Wasl
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