The Ministry of National Defense of Turkey announced the neutralization of 5 terrorists in the north of Syria and Iraq.
The Turkish department emphasized, the Armed Forces of Turkey will continue to conduct an uncompromising struggle against terrorism with the same determination as it has been done so far.
“Turkish armed forces neutralized 3 YPG terrorists (Syrian wing of the RSC) found in the zone of the Euphrates Syrian Shield in the north of Syria, as well as 2 Pençe -Kielit terrorists in the north of Iraq,” the said in the north of Iraq. message.
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 in the last two years they call themselves “Syrian democratic forces.”
In Iran, PKK acts as “Party of Free Life of Kurdistan” (pjak).