Protest against Turkish operation in SyriaA Syrian Kurdish refugee carries the Kurdish YPG forces flag during a demonstration against the military operation by the Turkish army against the Kurdish YPG forces in Syria ' s Afrin , in Sulaymaniya , Kurdistan Region of Iraq , 21 January 2018 . Reports state that the Turkish army is on an operation named ' Operation Olive Branch ' in Syria ' s northern regions against the Kurdish Popular Protection Units ( YPG ) forces which control the city of Afrin . According to YPG media channels , bombings by the Turkish military killed at least 10 people earlier on the same day . Turkey classifies the YPG as a terrorist organization . EPA / AFAN ABDULKHALEQ ▶ 기사 제보 및 문의 ▶ 기자 와 1 : 1 채팅    ▶ 평창동 계 올림픽 영상 공모전