Footage from Syrian Kurdish militants of the Afrin Liberation forces shows a nighttime sniping operation in which a thermal riflescope was used to engage pro Turkish mercenaries on July 29, 2023.

The Kurdish assassination unit claims to have killed five mercenaries and injured another four in the incident. Those figures cannot be verified by the footage provided.

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