Türkiye has neutralised 254 PKK/YPG terrorists in its cross-border air operation in northern Iraq and Syria, says Defence Minister Hulusi Akar
Akar says"terrorists have despicably attacked civilian targets. We will silence them as soon as possible."
"So far, 471 targets have been brought under fire in the operation, and 254 terrorists have been neutralised," Hulusi Akar said on Wednesday at the operations centre of the Land Forces Command in the capital Ankara. Ankara only targets terrorists and their hideouts during the operation, Akar reiterated, saying: "We do not have any problems with any ethnic, religious, or sectarian group, or with our Kurdish or Arab brothers."Operation Claw-Sword continues
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