Turkish safety forces “neutralized” eight PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria, close to the Turkish border, the National Defense Ministry mentioned on Friday.
The terrorists have been focused within the Operation Euphrates Shield and Operation Olive Branch zones, the ministry careworn in an announcement.
Turkish authorities use the time period “neutralize” to suggest the terrorists in query surrendered or have been killed or captured. PKK/YPG terrorists conceal out in northern Syria, close to the Turkish border, the place they plan or stage assaults on each locals and close by settlements in Türkiye.
Since 2016, Ankara has launched a trio of profitable anti-terror operations throughout its border in northern Syria to forestall the formation of a terror hall and allow the peaceable settlement of residents: Euphrates Shield (2016), Olive Branch (2018), and Peace Spring (2019).
In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign in opposition to Türkiye, the PKK-listed as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the U.S., and EU-has been chargeable for the deaths of over 40,000 individuals, together with girls, youngsters, and infants. The YPG is its Syrian department.
