MADRID 27 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Turkish authorities have claimed this Friday to have “neutralized” fourteen alleged members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in new bombings against northern Iraq, without the authorities of the neighboring country or the armed group having commented on the matter. regard.
The Turkish Ministry of Defense has noted in a message on its X social network account that “fourteen PKK terrorists” have been “neutralized” in air strikes carried out against Hakurk, Gara and Metina. As these are bombings, it is understood that Ankara considers them dead.
“Our Armed Forces continue to cleanse terrorists with the force they receive from our nation,” he said. “We are determined to eliminate terrorism at its source,” he stressed, in reference to the attacks and the Turkish military deployment in this area of Iraq to confront PKK operations.
The Turkish Army has carried out dozens of bombings against the PKK in Iraq, where the group has bases, especially in the Kandil area, since the ceasefire between the Government and the armed group, considered by Ankara as a terrorist organization.
The Turkish authorities, which have also launched several military operations against the Syrian Kurdish militia People’s Protection Units (YPG) – linked to the PKK – are supporting the offensive of several rebel groups against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), led by by said Kurdish group, after the fall of Bashar al Assad’s regime in Syria on December 8.