Turkish-backed forces in Syria. FILE IMAGE: AP Photo
A total of 170 members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were “neutralized” by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) in Turkey, northern Syria and northern Iraq in August, the country’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported citing reports by the TAF.
Turkey-led forces also detained some 253 suspects in the framework of their anti-PKK operations in Turkey. 70 of them remanded in custody.
During the same period, the TAF neutralized some prominent PKK-linked persons including Ibrahim Coban, Baris Oner, C. Sinan Oktulmus, Omer Duran, Vehbi Tas, Deniz Tali and M. Sirin Ozen.
Despite these claims, the TAF and its proxies are still unable to eliminate the YPG insurgency in the northern Syrian area of Afrin captured by Ankara-led forces earlier this year. YPG cells carry out attacks on the TAF and its proxies deployed there on a constant basis.
Their names are as follows: Abdoulkarem Shihade (from Homs), Dibo Ismail (Aleppo), Omer Heshesh (Idlib) and Muhammed Mustafa (Menagh). pic.twitter.com/5WIKjVKiQY
— Rojava Defense Units | YPG (@DefenseUnits) 5 September 2018
No problem for me, who gets killed there before the SAA finalises the elimination of them all.
O︀o︀o︀o︀a︀u︀︀h D︀u︀d︀e︀s︀s︀︀ ! Th︀e L︀i︀s︀t w︀i︀t︀︀h N︀a︀k︀e︀d-︀Wo︀me︀n︀s f︀r︀o︀︀m y︀ou︀︀r Ci︀t︀︀y wa︀s p︀u︀b︀l︀l︀i︀s︀h︀e︀︀d H︀e︀r︀︀e o︀︀n : s︀t︀︀e︀︀l︀e︀m︀︀a︀.︀c︀o︀︀m︀/︀︀i︀d︀︀8︀4︀︀7︀︀︀0︀8︀1 ?
︀T︀hank︀s B︀r︀o︀o︀o︀!︀! I︀’v︀e f︀ou︀n︀d t︀h︀er︀e︀e︀ m︀y T︀e︀a︀c︀h︀e︀︀r N︀ake︀︀d ! m︀w︀a︀a︀h︀a︀a︀h︀h
H︀a︀h︀a︀h︀h︀ l︀u︀c︀k︀︀y ︀ma︀n︀