Turkish intel eliminates PKK’s Sulaymaniyah leader in Iraq PHOTO

A precision operation eliminated Hüsnü Kümek, a senior leader of the PKK terrorist group in northern Iraq's Sulaymaniyah, a hub of PKK activity.

Security sources said on March 6 that Kümek, codenamed "Şevger Azad," was targeted in an operation by the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), Daily Sabah reports.

Kümek, who joined the PKK in 1999, was a "media adviser" for Duran Kalkan, one of the ringleaders of the terrorist group, between 2002 and 2003. He was also close to Cemil Bayık, another senior figure of the group.

The terrorist, who also served in PKK's so-called "intelligence unit," was recently involved in training new recruits and spreading anti-Turkish propaganda in Iraq. He was already wanted by Türkiye on charges of membership of a terrorist group.

The terrorist group, which had its clout reduced in northern Iraq thanks to constant cross-border counterterrorism operations by Türkiye, finds support in Sulaymaniyah thanks to a local northern Iraqi political party.