<div class="msg">''<div dir="ltr">''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Eight Turkish soldiers were killed and 13 injured in clashes in northwest Syria's Afrin region yesterday.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Turkey's armed forces said, the injured soldiers have been evacuated to receive treatment. No further details were immediately available.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Turkey launched an offensive into Afrin in January against the US-backed Kurdish YPG militia, which Ankara regards as a terrorist group linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party.&nbsp;</div></div></div>