Kurdistan Workers' Party

A total of 22 PKK terrorists have been neutralized in the Syrian border region, the Turkish Defense Ministry has announced.

Following a mortar attack on the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa's borderline, which killed two Turkish soldiers, Turkish forces launched an operation in the region.

Türkiye's justice minister on Aug. 18 said Sweden's pledge to extradite a Turkish convict fell far short of Stockholm's commitments under a deal paving the way for its NATO membership bid.

NATO member Türkiye is threatening to freeze Sweden's attempts to join the Western defense alliance unless it extradi-tes dozens of people Ankara accuses of "terrorism."

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized Muhsin Yağan, a senior PKK/YPG terrorist who was the local leader of northern Syria's Qamishli province, Demirören News Agency has reported.

A total of 11 PKK terrorists have been neutralized in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry and the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) have announced.

The ministry said that five PKK terrorists were neutralized by the Turkish army in the regions of Claw-Lock and Claw-Tiger operations in northern Iraq.

Two terrorists, one of them Yusif Mehmud Rebani, who is code-named Rezan Cavit and the local leader of the Amuda and al-Darbasiyah regions, east of the Euphrates, have been neutralized by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT).

The MİT carried out the operation in line with the information obtained from the field agents after establishing a special team.

Two PKK terrorists, preparing to carry out attacks, have been detained, one in Istanbul, the other in northern Syria, the interior minister has said.

Announcing the captures with tweets on Aug. 11, Süleyman Soylu firstly declared the capture of a suicide bomber in Azaz, a Syrian city some 30 kilometers away from Aleppo.

In a statement published on Aug. 10, the ministry highlighted that the PKK terrorists were in preparation for an attack.

"We will be responding to the terrorists strongly," the ministry said without giving any further details.

The terrorist organization YPG/PKK has recruited nearly 250 children in Syria, according to the annual U.N. report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), released on July 11, detailing the devastating impact various forms of conflict had on children around the world in 2021.

Two PKK terrorists heading to a cave in the Qandil Mountains which is the terrorist organization's base in northern Iraq, have been neutralized in a surgical attack with an armed drone, Turkish Defense Ministry has announced.

Türkiye has "neutralized" nearly 2,000 terrorists in cross-border terror operations in 2022, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on July 9.