Turkish Armed Forces neutralized five YPG terrorists (PKK Syrian wing) in the north of Syria.
About this on Saturday, April 20 was reported in the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey.
The militants are neutralized in the zone of the anti-terrorist operation “Euphrates Shield”, follows from the press service.
The department announced the determination to continue the fight against terrorist organizations until the neutralization of the last terrorist.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan previously stated that since 1984, when the militants of the RSC for the first time 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. P>
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).