Turkish Ministry Of Defense: Number Of Neutralized Terrorists In Asos Has Grown To Nine

The Ministry of National Defense of Turkey reported that as a result of an airstrike in the ASOS area in the north of Iraq, applied on February 6, the number of neutralized terrorists increased to nine.

The department stated that Türkiye is determined to destroy terrorism in its source.

on February 6, 2025, as a result of an aircraft produced by the Turkish Armed Forces in the ASOS in the north of Iraq, six more militants of the RSC were neutralized. Thus, the total number of liquidated terrorists in this area reached nine, ”the statement said. < /p>

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).