Turkiye neutralizes “grey-category” PKK leader, several members in Kurdistan Region and Syria
Shafaq News/ Turkiye "neutralized"a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader listed in the “grey category” of wantedindividuals during an operation in the Kurdistan Region, the Turkish AnadoluAgency reported on Wednesday.
The Turkish authorities use the term"neutralize" to imply that the person in interest has been killed orcaptured.
The agency, citing Turkish NationalIntelligence Organization sources, stated that “Turkish intelligencesuccessfully neutralized Firat Serihan and several PKK members accompanying himin the Gara region, where they were planning an operation against Turkishforces.”
Turkish intelligence reportedlyreceived information that “Serihan had supplied weapons and ammunition to thePKK in the Claw-Lock operation zone, specifically in the Gara region.”
“Hogir Batman, code-namedFirat Serihan, had planned an operation against Turkish forces in northernSyria in 2016,” the agency affirmed.
PKK is considered a terroristorganization by Turkiye, the US, and the EU.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Ministry ofDefense reported that “the Turkish Armed Forces neutralized 20 PKK/YPG [People'sProtection Units] terrorists preparing for an attack in the Euphrates Shieldand Peace Spring regions in northern Syria, as well as 1 PKK terroristidentified in the Pençe-Kilit [Claw-Lock] region in northern Iraq [KurdistanRegion].”
“We continue to take preventive anddestructive measures against the attack attempts of the terrorist organizationPKK/YPG,” it added.
