Seeing off the commandos dispatched to Afrin

BINGOL, TURKEY - JANUARY 25: Commandos, dispatched to Afrin to take part in 'Operation Olive Branch', walk to get on a Turkish Air Force plane at Bingol Airport in Bingol, Turkey on January 25, 2018. Total of 200 commandos were dispatched. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20, 2018 at 5 p.m.(1400GMT) in Syrias northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists. (Photo by Abdullah Celik/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)