Four PKK members “neutralized” in Turkish attacks in Syria and Iraq

MADRID 13 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Turkish Ministry of Defense reported this Saturday that the Armed Forces have “neutralized” four members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and related organizations in attacks in Syrian and Iraqi territory.

“No place is safe for terrorists! Our heroic Turkish Armed Forces have neutralized two PKK/YPG terrorists identified in the Euphrates Shield region in northern Syria and two PKK terrorists identified in the region of (operation) Closing Claw in northern Iraq,” the Turkish Defense Ministry published in a statement.

The message is accompanied by a video in which you can see several shots from artillery vehicles, missile launchers and the takeoff of an F-16 fighter plane, as well as the launch of several projectiles. The forcefulness of the military means used suggests that the neutralized PKK members could have died.

Since the PKK took up arms in 1984 to demand independence in the Kurdish-majority southeast of Turkey, more than 40,000 people have lost their lives in violence. Now the Turkish military operation expands to northern Iraq and northern and northeastern Syria.