Turkey neutralizes 24 YPG/PKK terrorists in N Syria
ANKARA
Turkish army "neutralized" 24 YPG/PKK terrorists attempting to infiltrate into northern Syrian territories, the Defense Ministry said on March 2.
"17 YPG/PKK terrorists plotting to attack the [Operation] Euphrates Shield region, and 7 YPG/PKK terrorists attempting to infiltrate into [Operation] Olive Branch from Tal Rifat were neutralized following successful operations launched by our heroic commandos," the ministry said on Twitter.
Earlier in the day, the ministry had announced 32 YPG/PKK terrorists were also neutralized upon their attempt to infiltrate into the southern area of "Operation Peace Spring."
Turkey neutralizes 32 YPG/PKK terrorists in N Syria
Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.
The U.S.-backed SDF, a group dominated by the YPG, has been controlling some 28 percent of the Syrian territories, including the most of the 911-kilometer-long Syria-Turkey border.
Turkey deems the YPG the Syrian offshoot of the illegal PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization also by the United States and the EU.
