BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 P.M.) – The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) launched a big counter-assault in the northwestern countryside of the Afrin region, tonight, striking the towns recently captured by the Turkish-backed rebels in the Bulbul District.

The main focus of this counter-assault appears to be the town of Bulbul, which was seized by the Turkish-backed Terrorist rebels FSA earlier today.

No gains have been reported thus far.

YPG counter-attacks are typically launched at night in order to evade the Turkish warplanes and choppers that stalk their positions in the Afrin region.