Turkish forces eliminate 36 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Iraq, Syria
94 PKK/YPG terrorists eliminated in Iraq an Syria over the past week. (AA Photo)
Turkish security forces over the past week eliminated 36 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Iraq and northern Syria, near Türkiye’s border, said the country’s National Defense Ministry on Thursday.
“The Turkish Armed Forces have eliminated a total of 2,049 terrorists since Jan. 1, including 1,046 (PKK members) in Iraq and 1,003 (YPG/PKK members) in northern Syria,” Rear Adm. Zeki Akturk, the ministry’s spokesman, told a weekly news conference in the capital Ankara.
Turkish authorities use the term “neutralize” to imply that the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.
“This week, two PKK terrorists, who fled from the terror group’s hideouts, surrendered to our border gates in the Baskale and Habur districts,” Akturk said.
PKK terrorists often hide out in northern Iraq, near the border, to plot attacks in nearby Türkiye.
In northern Syria, YPG/PKK terrorists threaten the Turkish border while trying to harass and attack local Syrians and Turkish troops promoting stability in a region once dominated by terrorist groups, due to a power vacuum in conflict-torn Syria.
In its nearly 40-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the U.S., and the EU – has been responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants. The YPG is the PKK’s Syrian offshoot.
