The Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced on June 14 that its troops had eliminated several Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria.
According to the defense ministry, an infiltration attempt was foiled in northeast Syria. Three fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were neutralized by Turkish troops.
In the Iraqi Kurdistan region, two PKK fighters were also neutralized by the Turkish military. The fighters were detected and targeted in the areas of Zap and Avasin-Basyan.
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense shared videos, which are supposed to show the two operations. Both videos were apparently old stock footage. One of the videos was used two weeks ago only.
Terör örgütü PKK/YPG’nin huzur ve güven ortamını bozmaya dönük yeni sızma ve saldırı girişimleri önlendi. Barış Pınarı bölgesinde 3 PKK/YPG’li terörist, Kahraman Komandolarımız tarafından etkisiz hale getirildi.#MSB #TSK pic.twitter.com/gDdkpafiSo
— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) June 14, 2020
Geçit vermeyeceğiz!
Irak kuzeyindeki Zap ve Avaşin-Basyan bölgelerinde keşif ve gözetleme vasıtalarıyla tespit edilen 2 PKK’lı terörist, düzenlenen hava harekâtlarıyla etkisiz hale getirildi. En son terörist etkisiz hale getirilinceye kadar operasyonlara devam edilecek!#MSB #TSK pic.twitter.com/6k7sHv0rhz— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) June 14, 2020
Turkish forces maintain a strong presence in northern and northeastern Syria as well as in northern Iraq to counter Kurdish guerilla groups, mainly the PKK. Yet, little progress has been achieved so far, as these groups are still fairly active in these areas.
The ottoman empire 2.0 is declining ohhhh they even could not defeat mobile fighters with small arms.