I'd be good to respect OPSEC and maybe avoid maps for now, and compile them for sharing later.
but short updates without details.
As we share these maps we respect the OPSEC. We should also note that the OPSEC regulation level of this operation which is enforced by TSK is very high. As we are sharing these news and especially maps there is something important to note. These news can be used as a reference to the general state of the operation, but in no way they are representative of the current situation! As noted before by me and also by the sources I mainly use the developments will come with a couple of days to a month late in order to further reinforce the OPSEC.
I want to reconfirm our sensitivity to OPSEC and assure our readers that the maps we share would not endanger the security of our soldiers. They may be used for geographical reference and reference to the general state of the operation.
Together with this I want to provide some more details on this operation.
A serious and very important development is that our forces managed to infiltrate and encircled the tunnel at the Gapnerk mountain in the winter! In result of this move and the following "explosive approach" of our forces the tunnel is reportedly destroyed and 6 terrorists were neutralized inside!
There were 3 tunnels in close proximity to our bases from the Gapnerk/Metina side.
1. Gapnerk Tunnel
2. Amedi Tunnel
3. Selaza Tunnel
With the successful operation on the Gapnerk tunnel and the improving weather our forces started infiltration operations with the aim of neutralizing the remaining PKK terrorists around the destroyed tunnel and further infiltrated in the Metina PKK terrorist camp.
Commando and Special Forces started a large scale infiltration operation trough the whole Metina terrorist camp. As previously mentioned this is a very different approach to what we saw earlier with the other operations. Our Commandos and Special Forces started direct action operations against predetermined targets of the PKK in the vicinity of a couple of villages in Metina. Our forces destroyed many targets of the PKK in the areas of these villages and they are continuing their movement within the scale of the operation.
As we previously determined the aim of this deep infiltration is the annihilation of PKK fortifications around the tunnels and effectively cutting out PKK logistics to them. It is reported that PKK terrorists that were pressured around the tunnel area managed to run away and took refuge in the villages (civilian areas).
A video of TSK presence between the Asihe and Hanke villages (you can find the location in the map above on the west in Metina)
Meanwhile operations targeting the logistics corridor from Gara towards Metina. TSK hit PKK targets in the Meze village in Gara.