Shafaq News/ On Friday, Turkish forces“neutralized” several members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northernIraq.
Turkish authorities use the term“neutralize” to refer to individuals who have been killed, captured, orsurrendered.
On X, the Turkish Defense Ministry statedthat nine militants were targeted in the Operation Claw-Lock region. Theoffensive, launched by Turkiye in April 2021, targets the PKK in IraqiKurdistan, particularly in regions such as Gara, Hakurk, and Metina.
Şehitlerimizin kanını yerde bırakmadık, bırakmayacağız!Irak’ın kuzeyindeki Pençe-Kilit Operasyonu bölgesinde 9 PKK’lı terörist etkisiz hâle getirildi. Terörü kaynağında yok etmeye azimliyiz, kararlıyız!#MillîSavunmaBakanlığı pic.twitter.com/mbTy6NStHY
— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) February 21, 2025Separately, Turkiye’s NationalIntelligence Organization reported neutralizing two PKK members, identified asZehra Sebat (Rojda Azad) and Serhat Erdogan (Çerav Cudi), in a targetedoperation in the Hakurk area while they were reportedly planning to carry outan attack.
On Thursday, the Defense Ministryannounced that 31 PKK members were killed over the past week during militaryoperations in northern Iraq and Syria, bringing the total number of militantskilled in 2025 to 408.
Notably, the PKK is designated a terroristorganization by Turkiye, the US, and the EU.
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