Turkish Armed Forces neutralized 15 terrorists in the north of Syria and Iraq. This was announced on Tuesday, on January 28, the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey reported.
Two PKK terrorists are neutralized in the Gara area in the north of Iraq, 13 YPG terrorists (PKK Syrian wing) – in the zone of operations “Euphrates Shield” and “Source of the World” in the north of Syria, the defense department said.
The Turkish army will continue to carry out operations in order to eradicate terrorism in the region, added to the Ministry of Defense of Turkey.
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).