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On April 28, the Turkish military claimed that its forces had ‘neutralized’ 11 members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the Operation Peace Spring area in northeastern Syria.
According to the Turkish side, the strikes were conducted in response to an attempt of YPG and PKK members to attack Turkish Army positions.
Terör örgütü PKK/YPG’nin Barış Pınarı bölgesinde huzur ve güven ortamını bozmaya yönelik bir sızma girişimi daha önlendi. Kahraman Komandolarımız tarafından 11 PKK/YPG’li terörist başarılı bir operasyon ile amaçlarına ulaşamadan etkisiz hale getirildi.https://t.co/ptSfvflnEI pic.twitter.com/Bz9HzMUVtb
— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) April 28, 2020
Ankara insists that the YPG is just a local branch of the PKK, which is designated a ‘terrorist group’ in Turkey.
