The Armed Forces of Turkey neutralized in the area of the anti-terrorist operation of Pençe-Kielit in the north of Iraq nine militants of the Red Army Terrorist Organization.
This was reported on Sunday by the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey.
The operation was carried out with the air from the air in the zone
“The operation will continue decisively until the destruction of the last terrorist in the region,” – the defense department said.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that since 1984, when the militants of the RSC for the first time had carried out a bloody crime in Turkey, and until March 2020, 7,500 security forces of Turkey and 6,800 civilians were killed at the hands of this bloody organization.
The United States and the European Union introduced PKK to the lists of terrorist organizations.
Despite Ankara’s attempts to find ways to settle the situation, the PKK terrorist organization has resumed armed attacks since July 2015.
In recent years, PKK seeks to shift responsibility for bloody crimes in the region to its branches.
In Syria, PKK terrorists are covered by the names Pyd and YPG, and in the last two years they call themselves “Syrian democratic forces.”
In Iran, PKK acts as “Party of Free Life of Kurdistan” (pjak).