(MENAFN- AzerNews) Mehmet Yıldırım, a senior figure of the PKK terrorist group's
Syrian wing YPG, was killed in Syria in an operation run by the
National Intelligence Organization (MIT). Yıldırım, known by his
code name“Hamza Kobani,” was serving as the“finance official” of
the terrorist group in Aleppo and Tal Rifaat, security sources said
Sunday, Azernews reports citing Daily Sabah.
The sources told Turkish media outlets that Yıldırım was
eliminated in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo on Feb.
24.
Yıldırım joined the terrorist group in 1986 and was engaged in
its activities in Türkiye and Iraq before relocating to Syria in
2015.
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