The death of Turkish soldier in Northern Iraq assaults
Turkey’s Defense Ministry declared that one soldier and the injury of six others were killed during the two military attacks launched on Friday against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq.
In fact, Turkish forces launched attacks on the PKK in Avasin-Basyan and Metina areas near Duhok’s border with Turkey, in two operations named Claw-Lightning and Claw-Thunderbolt.
Thus, Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, stated that Turkish forces neutralized 31 PKK elements in the new ground-and-air assaults. He made an inspection visit to the 3rd Infantry Division Command in Yuksekova district of Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province, with Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) commanders.
Turkey continue its assaults
Akar affirmed: Our fight is against all terrorists, indicating that Turkey would continue launching anti-terror operations until that the last terrorist is neutralized. He also said: So far, a total of 1,132 terror targets have been hit with our land fire support vehicles. Our Air Force also achieved great success as a whole, hitting 120 targets in total.
Akar said that the armed forces are determined to protect 84 million Turkish citizens from the risks induced by all terrorist organizations. He emphasized PKK’s presence in northern Iraq, affirming that its elements continue to make hideaways in expectation of an assault by the Turkish armed forces.
