Over the past week, during the operations of the Turkish Armed Forces, including 54 terrorist, which were carried out in the north of Iraq and Syria. This was announced at a briefing by a spokeswoman for the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey Zeki Akturg.
According to him, the Turkish Armed Forces continue to fight terrorism, taking into account the situation “in the field.”
Akturk noted that since the beginning of the current year, Turkish security forces neutralized a total of 802 terrorist, of which 360 were in the north of Iraq and 442 – in the north of Syria.
According to him, two more terrorists of the RSC, who escaped from their shelters in the north of Iraq, lay down their weapons and surrendered at the border post in the Khabur region on April 21. The borders of Turkey are reliably protected thanks to high -tech systems that meet world standards, ”said the press secretary.
from January 1 of this year, the number of detainees while trying to illegally cross the Turkish border increased to 2,769 people, and the number of people who blocked the transition to crossing the border reached 48,596, he added.