Published December 23,2023
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Türkiye will forestall a “terrorist structure” from rising alongside its southern borders, the nation’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reaffirmed on Saturday.
“Whatever the cost, Türkiye will not allow the presence of a terrorist organization in northern Iraq or northern Syria,” Erdoğan stated at an occasion within the metropolis Istanbul.
His remarks got here after six Turkish troopers have been killed and one was wounded in an assault by terrorists close to the northern Iraqi border on Friday.
PKK terrorists usually disguise out throughout the border in northern Iraq to plot terror assaults in Türkiye.
Expressing his condolences for the loss of life of the slain troopers, Erdoğan introduced that for the reason that assault, 12 terrorists had been “neutralized” in a Turkish operation zone in northern Iraq, in addition to in northern Syria.
“Within the Operation Claw zone and in northern Syria, a total of 12 terrorists have been neutralized so far,” Erdoğan stated.
In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign in opposition to Türkiye, the PKK — listed as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the US, and EU — has been accountable for the deaths of greater than 40,000 folks, together with ladies, kids, and infants.
Source: www.anews.com.tr