Türkiye discovers significant arsenal during Operation Claw-Lock in Iraq VIDEO

The Turkish Ministry of National Defence has reported that Turkish Armed Forces seized a significant cache of weapons from terrorists of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during search operations as part of Operation Pence-Kilit (Claw-Lock) in northern Iraq.

Special forces also uncovered a substantial amount of ammunition in the area, Caliber.Az reports citing the ministry’s message on X.

Kahraman Mehmetçiklerimiz, Pençe-Kilit Operasyonu bölgesinde gerçekleştirilen arama-tarama faaliyetlerinde teröristlere ait çok sayıda silah, mühimmat ve yaşam malzemesi ele geçirdi.

Ele geçirilen malzeme şöyle:

- 1000 adet Doçka mühimmatı,
- 7 adet 107 mm roket mühimmatı,
- 10… pic.twitter.com/VdV9dJaIj3

— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) July 23, 2024

The following weapons and ammunition were seized:

- 1,000 rounds for a heavy machine gun

- Seven 107 mm rockets

- Ten anti-personnel mines

- Six 82-mm mortar shells

- One IP camera

- Various other items

Operation Pence-Kilit is a series of Turkish military operations conducted in northern Iraq, aimed at targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a Kurdish militant group that Türkiye considers a terrorist organisation.

Operation Pence-Kilit is part of Türkiye's broader counter-terrorism strategy to combat the PKK, which has been involved in an insurgency against Türkiye since the 1980s. The operation's primary objectives are to neutralise PKK fighters, destroy their bases, and prevent them from launching attacks on Turkish soil.