The statement from the army came after two explosions were heard at the airbase, China’s state-run news agency, Xinhua, reported.
A total of 3,567 terrorists have been “neutralized” since the start of Operation Olive Branch in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement on Saturday morning.
At least 40 civilians were killed over the last two days as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led forces intensified their attacks by launching airstrikes in the war-ravaged Eastern Ghouta region.