The Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE) said that 8 mercenaries linked to the Turkish army were killed. The HRE said in a statement about the actions carried out in Azaz: "Our forces continue their retaliatory actions against the attacks and policies of the Turkish state.

In this context, a mercenary was killed in a sniper action carried out by our forces in Azaz on 26 August.

Two sniper actions were carried out in Azaz on 2 September. Two mercenaries were killed in the action."

The statement continued: "On 7 September, our forces attacked gang members on the Enabke and Meyremine lines in the Shera district. The gang members had surrounded themselves with German wires out of fear. Despite this, our forces managed to deal heavy blows to the gang. All the gang members were killed. Our forces seized the ammunition the mercenaries were carrying. In this action, many cameras, mobesse and surveillance devices were destroyed. As a result of the action, 5 gang members were killed. 2 AK-47 type weapons and a large amount of ammunition were seized. A total of 8 gang members were killed in these actions."