Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdar announced on Sunday that Turkey had “neutralized” 932 terrorists since the operation began, referring to those who are killed, injured or captured. Turkey says that once the Afrin operation is completed they will move onto other areas such as Manbij.

It’s only been a few days since the Syrian National Dialogue meeting took place in Sochi Russia with hopes of making progress for peace in Syria, yet it seems the fighting is far from over.

On Saturday, a Russian Sukhoi-25 jet was shot down in the Syrian rebel held town of Saraqeb. Though the pilot initially survived by ejecting from the aircraft, it was announced that he later died during clashes on the ground. The area is controlled by a jihadist group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham which also claimed responsibility for shooting down the plane.

Russia has been backing the Syrian government since the conflict began, but when Moscow entered the conflict actively with its military carrying out airstrikes against Syrian rebels – that was when the balance of power shifted in favor of Assad.

Since then, this is the first time a Russian jet is known to be downed by Syrian rebels. Analysts believe it may be a game changer as it may be a signal that the Syrian rebels have upgraded their military capacity. It is possible that the militants used a man-portable-air-defense-system known as MANPADS. The only other time a Russian jet was downed was by Turkish forces in 2015 due to airspace violation.

Meanwhile Turkey’s so called Olive Branch operation in Afrin Syria is also continuing. Turkey is aiming to clear its border areas of the YPG – Syrian Kurdish group Ankara perceives as a terrorist organization.

On Saturday Turkey took a hit when militants attacked a Turkish tank and killed five Turkish soldiers. Turkey did not wait long to retaliate and carried out heavy airstrikes in the area following the attack.

Just a day earlier rockets had been fired into Turkey from YPG held areas and landed in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli killing two civilians and wounded over a dozen people. Rockets targeting the border towns of Reyhanli and Kilis have become a common scene; over 80 rockets hit these towns since the operation began.

Meanwhile one of Turkey’s prominent security experts Abdullah Agar shared a photo on Twitter on Sunday claiming to portray a YPG militant that had surrendered to the Turkish army with his weapons. Agar pointed out that the photo was striking for two reasons. One – that some YPG militants had begun surrendering, but more importantly that the militant was dressed in civilian clothing. Agar explained that the YPG militants intentionally began using civilian outfits to later blame Turkey for targeting civilians during fighting.