(MENAFN) On Monday, Turkey's Defense Ministry stated that Turkish Armed Forces completely damaged PKK terror positions in northwestern Syria.
The ministry emphasized in a Twitter post that the raid came in response to the attacks and harassment fire of the PKK/YPG on Turkish army elements on the area of the Operation Euphrates Shield.
Since 2016, Turkey has carried out two main military raids in northwestern Syria - Operations Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch - to purge the region of terrorist organizations Daesh and the YPG, which is the Syrian branch of the terrorist organization PKK.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK - considered as a terrorist group by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU - has been responsible for the deaths of approximately 40,000 people, including many women, children and infants.
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