Published January 14,2024
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Turkish airstrikes “neutralized” 10 extra PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the nation’s National Defense Ministry stated on Sunday.
“Ten more PKK terrorists have been neutralized through sudden air operations conducted in the Metina and Gara regions of northern Iraq,” the ministry stated on X.
“Our steel claws continue to shatter the hideouts of terrorists,” it added.
Turkish authorities use the time period “neutralize” to suggest the terrorists in query surrendered or have been killed or captured.
Security forces cracked down on PKK terrorists following the killing of 9 Turkish troopers in a terror assault in northern Iraq Friday.
The assault happened within the zone of Operation Claw-Lock, which Türkiye launched in April 2022 to focus on the PKK terror group’s hideouts in Iraq’s northern Metina, Zap, and Avasin-Basyan areas close to the Turkish border.
PKK terrorists typically conceal out in northern Iraq to plot cross-border assaults in Türkiye.
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 answerable for the deaths of greater than 40,000 individuals, together with girls, youngsters, and infants.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
