Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (R) meets with Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar at the Turkish Armed Forces' headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 20, 2018. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday that Turkish warplanes started the military campaign against Afrin, adding that the aim of the offensive is to eliminate the fighters of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). (Xinhua/Turkish Prime Ministry)