During the operations carried out in the north of Iraq and in Syria since January 1 of this year, 321 terrorist was neutralized, 43 of which are only last week. This was stated at a weekly briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey of the Zeki Akturk.
Akturk noted that the Turkish Armed Forces continue to carry out successful operations in the north of Iraq and Syria to ensure the security of the country and the region as a whole. According to him, the operations are carried out to eliminate all threats, and mainly on the part of such terrorist organizations as PKK/KCK/Pyd-YPG-SDG, Deash and Fetö.
“Three more terrorists of the RSC, who escaped from their shelters in the north of Iraq last week, lay down their weapons and surrendered at the border post in the Silopi area,” Akturk said.
During the search activities carried out in the Pençe -Kielit operation zone in the north of Iraq, a large number of weapons, ammunition and essential items belonging to terrorists were seized, the representative of the Turkish Ministry of Defense added.