Turkish safety forces “neutralized” three PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry mentioned on Saturday.
The terrorists had been focused in airstrikes within the Operation Claw-Lock zone, the ministry mentioned on Twitter.
Turkish authorities use the time period “neutralize” to indicate the terrorists in query surrendered or had been killed or captured.
PKK terrorists have hideouts in northern Iraq, throughout the Turkish border, which they use to plot assaults on Türkiye.
Türkiye launched Operation Claw-Lock final 12 months in April to focus on the terrorist group PKK’s hideouts within the Metina, Zap and Avasin-Basyan areas of northern Iraq, positioned close to the Turkish border.
It was preceded by two operations-Claw-Tiger and Claw-Eagle-launched in 2020 to root out terrorists hiding out in northern Iraq and plotting cross-border assaults in Türkiye.
In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign towards Türkiye, the PKK-listed as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the US and EU-has been liable for the deaths of greater than 40,000 individuals, together with ladies, kids and infants
Source: www.anews.com.tr
