On 3 November 2018, YPG published a statement on its website claiming to have carried out 19 guerilla operations against Turkish and allied forces in Afrin during the previous month of October, the statement also claimed that during the operations 3 Turkish soldiers had been killed, 10 allied opposition fighters had been killed and that 10 others were injured and 9 vehicles had been destroyed. YPG also claimed that 2 Self-Defense Forces (HXP) fighters had been killed by Turkish forces and that a 6 year old girl was killed as well, along with 4 civilians.[16]