Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan mentioned on Sunday that Syria’s new management is decided to root out separatists there, as Ankara mentioned its army had “neutralised” 32 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Employees Get together, or PKK, within the nation.
A rise up by teams near Turkey ousted Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad final month. Since then, Turkey-backed Syrian forces have often clashed within the north with U.S-backed Kurdish forces that Ankara deems terrorists.
“With the revolution in Syria… the hopes of the separatist terrorist group hit a wall,” Erdogan instructed his celebration’s provincial congress in Trabzon.
“The brand new administration in Syria is exhibiting a particularly decided stance in preserving the nation’s territorial integrity and unitary construction,” he mentioned.
“The top of the terrorist group is close to. There isn’t any possibility left aside from to give up their weapons, abandon terrorism, and dissolve the group. They may face Turkey’s iron fist,” Erdogan added.
The defence ministry individually introduced the armed forces’ operation in northern Syria that it mentioned had “neutralized” – a time period that often means killed – the 32 PKK members. It mentioned Turkey’s army had additionally “neutralized” 4 PKK members in northern Iraq, the place the militants are based mostly.
