Turkish forces “neutralized” 12 YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry stated on Tuesday.
The terrorists had been focused within the Operation Olive Branch and Operation Euphrates Shield zones, in line with the ministry.
Turkish authorities use the time period “neutralize” to suggest the terrorists in query surrendered or had been killed or captured.
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 ladies, kids, and infants.