Turkish President Erdogan speaks on Operation Olive Branch

ANKARA, TURKEY - APRIL 17: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses during AK Party's parliamentary group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara, Turkey on April 17, 2018. Erdogan said 4,205 terrorists have been neutralized so far as part of Operation Olive Branch in Syria’s Afrin region.Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on Jan. 20 to clear YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorist groups from Afrin in northwestern Syria amid growing threats from the region.On March 18, Turkish-backed troops liberated Afrin town center, which had been a major hideout for the YPG/PKK since 2012. (Footage by Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)