Turkish Armed Forces neutralized 21 PKK terrorists in the north of Syria and Iraq. On Saturday, January 18, reported on the page of the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey on the social network x.
The department clarified that 17 YPG terrorists (PKK Syrian wing) were neutralized in the area of the Source of the World in the north of Syria, 4 more in the Gara region and the Pençe -Kielit operation in Iraq.
In the MO of Turkey, they emphasized the determination and further to conduct an effective struggle with all manifestations of terrorism in the region.
Operations continue in any geographical and weather conditions, follows from the publication of the defense department.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that since 1984, when the militants of the RSC first 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).