Turkish military announces killing of PKK/YPG members in Iraq and Syria
The Turkish Ministry of National Defence announced that its forces killed a total of 13 PKK/YPG members in airstrikes and operations conducted in northern Iraq and northern Syria.
According to a statement released on social media, six PKK/YPG members were killed in northern Iraq, while the remaining seven were neutralized in the Euphrates Shield region of northern Syria.
The Turkish military has long been engaged in a conflict with the PKK, which it considers a terrorist organization. The YPG, a militia affiliated with the PKK in Syria, has also been a target of Turkish operations in recent years. (ILKHA)