Türkiye kills 17 PKK “terrorists” in Syria and Iraq

June 30 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Turkish authorities have reported the death of 17 “terrorists” considered related to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in military operations in Syria and Iraq.

Seven “terrorists” have been killed in northern Syria in the areas of Operation Euphrates Shield and Peace Spring, the Turkish Ministry of Defense said in an official message posted on social media.

Ten more “terrorists” have been eliminated in the Operation Claw area, in northern Iraq, over the weekend, according to information released this Sunday.

Since the PKK took up arms in 1984 to demand independence from Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, more than 40,000 people have been killed in violence. The Turkish military operation is now expanding to northern Iraq and northern and northeastern Syria.