Twelve Turkish troopers had been just lately killed throughout combating with banned Kurdistan Staff 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 at the least 59 Kurdish fighters had been “neutralised” within the assaults. Ankara makes use of that time period to seek advice from killed or captured fighters of the banned Kurdistan Staff Get together (PKK).
Twelve Turkish troopers had 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 pain is great, but our determination is complete,” Guler mentioned. “We avenged [the deaths] of our precious children and we will continue to do so.”
The navy 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 had been killed within the ensuing firefight. The next day, six extra Turkish troopers had been killed in clashes with Kurdish fighters.
A spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces mentioned at the least eight civilians had 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 insurrection towards the Turkish state and is taken into account a terror organisation by Ankara, the European Union and the USA.
Greater than 40,000 individuals have been killed for the reason that begin of the battle in 1984.
Turkey and the US, nonetheless, disagree on the standing of the Syrian Kurdish teams, which have been allied with Washington within the combat towards 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 navy bases in Iraq’s north in a bid to push alleged PKK and affiliated teams from its border.
