The Ministry of National Defense of Turkey reported on Saturday the neutralization of 17 YPG terrorists (Syrian wing of the RSC) in the north of Syria.
“The Armed Forces of Turkey neutralized 17 PKK/YPG terrorists in the zones of operations” Shield Euphrates “and” Source of the World “, as well as in the Münbich area,” the message said.
The department noted that “unpredictable, non -standard, fast and regular” operations of the Turkish Armed Forces “to eliminate terrorism in its source” will continue.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that since 1984, when the militants of the RSC for the first time had carried out a bloody crime in Turkey, and until March 2020, 7,500 security forces of Turkey and 6,800 civilians were killed at the hands of this bloody organization.
The United States and the European Union introduced PKK to the lists of terrorist organizations.
Despite Ankara’s attempts to find ways to settle the situation, the PKK terrorist organization has resumed armed attacks since July 2015.
In recent years, PKK seeks to shift responsibility for bloody crimes in the region to its branches.
In Syria, PKK terrorists are covered by the names Pyd and YPG, and for more than two years they call themselves “Syrian democratic forces.”
In Iran, PKK acts as “Party of Free Life of Kurdistan” (pjak).