Twelve Turkish troopers have been lately killed throughout combating with banned Kurdistan Employees Get together in northern Iraq.
Turkey has hit 71 websites allegedly linked to Kurdish teams in Syria and northern Iraq throughout air raids launched this week in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish troopers in Iraq, the defence minister has mentioned.
In a video message posted on X, Defence Minister Yasar Guler claimed on Wednesday that no less than 59 Kurdish fighters have been “neutralised” within the assaults. Ankara makes use of that time period to consult with killed or captured fighters of the banned Kurdistan Employees Get together (PKK).
Twelve Turkish troopers have been killed throughout combating with the PKK in northern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence mentioned on Saturday, prompting Turkey to conduct quite a few air raids and operations within the area.
“Our ache is nice, however our willpower is full,” Guler mentioned. “We avenged [the deaths] of our treasured youngsters and we’ll proceed to take action.”
The army operations intensified over the previous 36 hours, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned on Wednesday, as he pledged to avenge “our martyrs”.
Turkish officers mentioned that on Friday, fighters affiliated with PKK tried to infiltrate a Turkish base in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish area.
Six Turkish troopers have been killed within the ensuing firefight. The next day, six extra Turkish troopers have been killed in clashes with Kurdish fighters.
A spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces mentioned no less than eight civilians have been killed within the air raids in northeast Syria on Monday.
Turkey insists it takes care to keep away from civilian casualties and hurt to cultural heritage.
The PKK, which maintains bases in northern Iraq, has led a decades-long revolt in opposition to the Turkish state and is taken into account a terror organisation by Ankara, the European Union and america.
Greater than 40,000 individuals have been killed for the reason that begin of the battle in 1984.
Turkey and the US, nevertheless, disagree on the standing of the Syrian Kurdish teams, which have been allied with Washington within the battle in opposition to the Islamic State (ISIL) group in Syria.
The PKK is considered as a nationwide safety menace by Turkey, which controls areas in northern Syria and has army bases in Iraq’s north in a bid to push alleged PKK and affiliated teams from its border.
