3 Jan. () –
The Turkish Ministry of Defense has indicated this Monday that its Army has “neutralized” ten alleged members of the Syrian Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) militias in northern Syria.
“We continue to bury in the trenches the terrorists who tried to attack in northern Syria! Another 10 PKK/YPG terrorists who opened fire in the Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch areas were neutralized with the successful intervention of our Commandos” , has announced the ministerial portfolio in a message on Twitter.
The Turkish authorities use the term “neutralized” to refer to suspects who have been killed, captured or surrendered to the authorities.
The Turkish operation, called ‘Sword Claw’, was launched after the attack perpetrated on November 13 in Istanbul, which left six dead and which Turkey blames on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
However, both the group and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in which the YPG participates have disassociated themselves from what happened and have conveyed their condolences to the victims.
