The Foreign Ministry said it had informed Damascus, but the Syrian regime, which is at odds with Turkey, strongly denied this, denouncing the operation as a "brutal aggression."
There was no immediate comment from the United States on the offensive, but ahead of its launch, a senior U.S. State Department official had raised concerns it risked harming regional security.
Russia, who is a key player in Syria and has a military presence in the area, has not yet expressed a clear position about the Turkish operation while experts insist that Moscow have given Ankara a tacit green light.
The Russian Foreign Ministry voiced concern and urged Turkey to show restraint. And the Russian Defence Ministry said its troops were withdrawing from Afrin to ensure their security and prevent any "provocation."
"Russia may have indeed given a green light for the moment, but it does not mean that Moscow will disregard totally the Syrian Kurdish militia," noted Russia expert, Kerim Has, from the University of Moscow. He believed that Russia will play a role in the political reconstruction of Syria.
The United States, Turkey's NATO ally, has warned against the operation against the YPG to whom it is lending military support in the fight against IS, a move that has fiercely angered Ankara.
Turkey who has strained ties with Washington has vehemently denounced U.S. plans to help build a Kurdish-led "border security force" in Syria, accusing that it would place a "terrorist army" at Turkey's gates.
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