Shafaq News/The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced, on Thursday, that the Turkishmilitary neutralized 3,070 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) inoperations carried out against its positions in Turkiye, northern Iraq, andSyria throughout 2024.
Turkiye usesthe term neutralize to indicate that a PKK member has been killed, injured, orcaptured.
According toAnadolu Agency, Navy Colonel Zeki Akturk, the ministry's media advisor,revealed in a press conference held in Ankara that 1,491 PKK fighters wereneutralized in Iraq, and 1,579 in Syria,
The Ministryof Defense also reported "the neutralization of 49 terrorists" inTurkiye, northern Iraq, and Syria over the past week.
The finalmonths of 2024 saw a significant escalation in Turkish airstrikes targeting PKKpositions in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq, particularly in DuhokProvince.
Last July,the Iraqi National Security Council designated the PKK as a bannedorganization, months after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Iraq.
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