Turkey ‘neutralizes’ 2 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq
- Middle East
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 08:09 | 07 September 2021
- Modified Date: 08:10 | 07 September 2021
Turkish security forces neutralized two PKK terrorists in an airstrike in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
The terrorists were "neutralized" in the Operation Pençe-Yıldırım region in northern Iraq, the ministry said on Twitter.
Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" in statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.
The Pençe operations are a series of offensives Turkey has been carrying out since 2019 against terrorist organizations in northern Iraq, particularly the PKK.
The latest ones are the Pençe-Şimşek and Pençe-Yıldırım operations launched on April 23 in the Metina and Avasin-Basyan regions near the country's borders.
The PKK terror group often hides out in northern Iraq, just across Turkey's southern border, to plot terror attacks in Turkey.