Turkish forces ‘neutralize’ 11 Kurdish PKK militants in northern Iraq: Defense Ministry
Turkish military forces have killed nearly a dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group during a cross-border operation in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
The Turkish Defense Ministry announced in a statement published on its official X account on Saturday that eleven Kurdish militants had been “neutralized” in the Hakurk, Metina, and Gara regions.
The statement did not specify the date of the operation.
“We are determined to eliminate terrorism at its source,” the ministry stressed.
The Turkish military generally uses the term “neutralize” to imply that the militants in question were killed, captured, or surrendered.
PKK militants regularly clash with Turkish forces in the Kurdish-dominated southeast of Turkey attached to northern Iraq.
Turkey, along with the European Union and the United States, has declared the PKK a terrorist group and banned it. The militant group has been seeking an autonomous Kurdish region since 1984.
Turkish ground and air forces frequently carry out operations against PKK positions in the country as well as in northern Iraq and neighboring Syria.
More than 40,000 people have been killed during the three-decade conflict between Turkey and the autonomy-seeking militant group.
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