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                        Monday, April 30, 2018, 22:42 (GMT+7)
                    
                    Turkey launched a military operation coded “Olive Branch” – a symbol of peace - on 20th  January 2018. To conduct this operation, Ankara  mobilized a  powerful force , including 72 F-16 fighter jets, over 6,000 troops of the 1st Commando Brigade, under the  2nd Army ,  between 10,000-15,000 combatants of the Free Syrian Army, many  tanks, artilleries and technical  equipment.