The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said fighting was “very violent” northeast, northwest and southwest of Afrin. No timetableA second Turkish soldier was killed in Syria Tuesday in clashes with the YPG, the military said in a statement. The campaign — which Mr. Erdoğan has made clear has no fixed timetable — is fraught with risks for Turkey. Two civilians have been killed inside Turkey in border towns in the last two days by rocket fire from Syria blamed on the YPG. The leaders of the YPG-controlled enclave meanwhile announced a “general mobilisation”, calling up civilians to defend Afrin against Turkish attack.

Source: The Hindu January 23, 2018 16:18 UTC