Türkiye neutralises three PKK terrorists in northern Iraq

Turkish Armed Forces have neutralised three members of the terrorist organisation PKK in northern Iraq.

The militants were neutralised as part of the anti-terrorist operation “Pençe-Kilit” (Claw-Lock), Anadolu reports, citing the Turkish Ministry of National Defence.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that since 1984, when PKK militants first carried out a bloody crime in Türkiye, and until March 2020, 7,500 members of the Turkish security forces and 6,800 civilians have died at the hands of this bloody organisation.

The US and the European Union have placed the PKK on the list of terrorist organisations.

Despite Ankara's attempts to find ways to resolve the situation, the PKK terrorist organisation has resumed armed attacks since July 2015.

In recent years, the PKK has sought to shift responsibility for bloody crimes in the region to its offshoots.

In Syria, PKK terrorists cover themselves with the names PYD and YPG, and in the past two years have been calling themselves the "Syrian Democratic Forces."

In Iran, the PKK operates as the "Party of Free Life of Kurdistan" (PJAK).