"Another disaster was prevented owing to the high level of training, experience and the watchfulness of our commandos. A total of 565 mortar shells were defused in a civilian house rigged with explosives by PKK/YPG members east of Ras al-Ayn," the statement said.

Turkish Army Forces along with Syrian National Army launched a cross-border military operation, which code-named by Turkey as "Operation Peace Spring", into north-eastern Syria against PKK/YPG on 9 October 2019. (ILKHA)