Published October 09,2023
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Türkiye “neutralized” 162 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Iraq and Syria in operations carried out since Oct. 1, the date of a foiled terrorist assault within the capital Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated on Monday.
“A total of 194 targets were destroyed. As a result of our operations, 162 terrorists were neutralized,” Erdoğan stated after a Cabinet assembly within the capital Ankara.
Türkiye won’t ever permit the institution of a terror hall alongside its borders, Erdoğan stated, including that Ankara’s combat towards terrorism will proceed resolutely.
“It is Türkiye’s legitimate right to continue its cross-border operations until it completely eliminates the PKK, with all its names and extensions,” he added, referring to such PKK offshoots because the YPG and SDF.
Türkiye has not too long ago been finishing up airstrikes in northern Syria and Iraq to eradicate terrorist assaults on the Turkish folks and safety forces by “neutralizing” PKK/YPG and different terrorist components to make sure border safety based mostly on its proper to self-defense arising from Article 51 of the UN Charter.
The airstrikes adopted final week’s foiled assault in Türkiye’s capital Ankara. On Oct. 1, a suicide bomber blew himself up in entrance of the Interior Ministry constructing, whereas one other terrorist was killed by safety forces on the entrance gate. Two cops suffered minor accidents within the assault. The Turkish Interior Ministry confirmed the attackers’ ties to the PKK terrorist group.
In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign towards Türkiye, the PKK-listed as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the US, and EU-has been chargeable for the deaths of greater than 40,000 folks, together with ladies, youngsters, and infants. The YPG is its Syrian department.
Source: www.anews.com.tr