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enior PKK terrorist with Interpol Red Notice killed in Syria​

BY DAILY SABAH​

ISTANBUL WAR ON TERROR
SEP 28, 2021 9:58 AM GMT+3

The car carrying a senior PKK terrorist was targeted during a Turkish operation in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Sept. 28, 2021. (AA Photo)


In a cross-border counterterrorism operation jointly carried out by Turkish security forces and the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), a senior PKK terrorist figure classified under the Red Notice category on INTERPOL's wanted terrorists list was eliminated in northeastern Syria's Qamishli.

Engin Karaaslan, codenamed Haydar Varto, was a member of the PKK terrorist organization's so-called executive central committee.

Karaaslan, who joined the PKK in the 1980s, received personal training from the group’s jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan in the Syrian capital Damascus in the 1990s, took on responsibilities as the PKK Armenia Representative in the 2000s and served as a member of the group’s so-called court of justice.

Karaaslan, who has been in Syria since 2019, was the PKK’s Syrian Secretariat member and PKK’s Syria general health officer.

During his time in the organization, Karaaslan was known to be a senior executive in the armed field and who personally planned many actions in eastern Turkey's Tunceli, Amanos and northern Iraq's main PKK base Qandil.

Karaaslan, who was known to be operating based in Syria’s Qamishli, was targeted with a drone operation in the Eli Fero location on the Qamishli-Hassakeh main road.

It was learned that the loss of Karaaslan sent shockwaves through the senior figures of the terrorist group and that this situation was hidden from the lower cadres in order to not demoralize them.

Karaaslan is the highest level terrorist in Syria to have been eliminated so far.

Turkish security forces have ramped up their efforts against PKK terrorists at home and across the country's borders and have been carrying out successful operations to eliminate senior terrorists.

Turkish security forces eliminated 212 PKK terrorists during domestic and cross-border operations in August. Security forces arrested 156 PKK terrorism suspects last month, with 30 of them later remanded into custody. Additionally, 141 PKK terrorists have surrendered to Turkish security forces through persuasion efforts this year as of end-August.

Among the terrorists eliminated this year were a number of senior PKK members.

Süleyman Öztürk, codenamed Cilo, was targeted in an air-backed operation by local gendarmerie teams in the southeastern Mardin province. He was on Turkey’s wanted terrorist list.

Süheyla Çelik, codenamed Nuda Sason, was killed in the eastern Van province during a reconnaissance and surveillance mission of the special operations police. Çelik was the head of the terrorist group in the eastern Tendürek region.

Haldun Altay, another terrorist killed, was among the perpetrators of the attack that killed a police officer in the eastern Ağrı province on May 13.

Hasan Said Hasan, the so-called head of the PKK branch operating in Sinjar, Iraq, was killed in an operation jointly conducted by the MIT.

Hasan was found to have been organizing the transfer of PKK terrorists between Syria and Iraq, as well as the arms and ammunition shipments of the terrorist group.

Furthermore, he was working on the recruitment of young Yazidi people for the PKK terrorist group. Hasan was a member of the so-called executive council of the PKK and was on Iraq's wanted list for his separatist activities.

Turkish security forces regularly conduct counterterrorism operations in the eastern and southeastern provinces of Turkey, where the PKK has attempted to establish a strong presence and bases. The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) also carry out cross-border operations in northern Iraq, a region where PKK terrorists have hideouts and bases from which to carry out attacks in Turkey, with particular attention paid to targeting high-level terrorists.

Turkey has long been stressing that it will not tolerate terrorist threats posed against its national security and has called on Iraqi officials to take the necessary steps to eliminate the terrorist group. Ankara previously noted that if the expected steps were not taken, it would not shy from targeting terrorist threats.

Turkey launched Operations Claw-Lightning and Claw-Thunderbolt on April 23 in northern Iraq’s Metina and Avashin-Basyan regions near its borders. The PKK are being heavily targeted in the Metina, Avashin-Basyan, Zap and Qandil regions in northern Iraq. In addition to F-16 fighter jets, the operations are being supported by border artillery units, fire support elements in forward base areas and attack helicopters.

In mid-2014, the PKK also managed to establish a foothold in Sinjar on the pretext that it was protecting the local Yazidi community from Daesh. Since then, the PKK has reportedly established Sinjar as a base for its logistical and command and control activities. Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) previously said that the PKK’s presence in Sinjar is unacceptable and called for the terrorists to leave the area.

The PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, has waged a terror campaign against Turkey for more than four decades and has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people, including women and children.

Senior PKK terrorist with Interpol Red Notice killed in Syria

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Turkey expects Russia to take responsibility in Idlib deal: Minister​

BY DAILY SABAH​

ANKARA DIPLOMACY
SEP 28, 2021 12:04 PM GMT+3

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar speaks during a videoconference with military officials, Sept. 27, 2021 (AA Photo)


Turkey expects Russia to uphold its responsibilities in the Idlib deal, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Tuesday, underlining that Turkey has been abiding by the principles of the agreement.

"We hope that with the meeting our president will have with Mr. Putin, a return to peace will be possible as at the beginning of the memorandum of understanding," he said as attacks on the last opposition bastion continue to increase.

Speaking to journalists, Akar commented on the attacks on Idlib saying: “They (Russia) say that they carry out these attacks against ‘terrorist groups there.’ However, among those that lost their lives or run from these attacks are no terrorists. We have been trying to explain this for months.”

He added that he might hold talks with his Russian counterpart.

Akar underlined that communication channels between Turkey and Russia are open and that Turkish soldiers in the field can hold meetings with Russian generals.

He also noted that the participation of all groups who have a say in the future of Syria in the constitution-making process under the coordination of the U.N. and holding elections with the participation of all actors are some of the main things that Turkey has been stressing since the beginning.

He also spoke on attempts by the PKK terrorist group’s Syrian wing, the YPG, to infiltrate despite an agreement with Russia in the Operation Peace Spring area.

“We had agreed that the terrorists there must withdraw however, their presence there continues. This is an issue in which we are right,” Akar said, indicating that Turkey is in talks with the U.S. and Russia in this regard, while Ankara also takes its own precautions and hinders terrorist attacks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will discuss the issue of Idlib in their upcoming meeting Wednesday in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Russia is the main ally of the Syrian regime, while Turkey supports groups that have fought to unseat Bashar Assad. However, Russian and Turkish troops have cooperated in Idlib, the final holdout of opposition forces, and in seeking a political solution in the war-torn country.

Despite backing opposing sides in both the Syrian and Libyan conflicts, Turkey and Russia have forged close cooperation in the defense, energy and tourism sectors.
NATO member Turkey has bought Russian S-400 air defenses – leading to U.S. sanctions on Turkish defense industries – and has been in talks with Russia over possibly buying a second batch.

Ankara and Moscow were rivals in Nagorno-Karabakh during fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian forces last year. Russia eventually brokered a cease-fire between Turkey-backed Azerbaijan and Armenia, and is working with Ankara to monitor it.

Russia joined Syria’s now 10-year conflict in September 2015, when the regime military appeared close to collapse. Moscow has since helped in tipping the balance of power in favor of Assad, whose forces now control much of the country. Hundreds of Russian troops are deployed across Syria, and they also have a military air base along Syria’s Mediterranean coast.

During the past few years, Russian warplanes targeted the areas under the control of the Syrian opposition, initially launching attacks from Hmeimim Air Base in the west of the country.

Human rights organizations have published several reports accusing Russia of the death of tens of thousands of civilians in Syria since its intervention in 2015, while the international community has taken some actions against the Russia-backed Assad regime’s war crimes.

Furthermore, Putin and Assad recently met in Moscow to discuss the cooperation between their armies and how to continue operations to gain control of the last opposition-held areas in Syria. Putin blasted the presence of “foreign forces" in parts of Syria – an apparent reference to hundreds of U.S. troops who are in eastern Syria working with YPG/PKK terrorists, as well as Turkish troops in northern Syria. Putin said the presence of the foreigners is illegal because they have no approval by the U.N. or the Assad regime.

The Idlib region is home to nearly 3 million people, two-thirds of them displaced from other parts of the country.

Nearly 75% of the total population in the opposition-held Idlib region depends on humanitarian aid to meet their basic needs as 1.6 million people continue to live in camps or informal settlements, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

For years, the Assad regime has ignored the needs and safety of the Syrian people, only eyeing further gains of territory and crushing the opposition. With this aim, the regime has for years bombed civilian facilities such as schools, hospitals and residential areas, causing the displacement of almost half of the country's population.

The situation of the people in Idlib worsened when the Assad regime, backed by Russia, launched an offensive on the province, causing the largest one-time displacement in the history of the Syrian civil war and a huge humanitarian tragedy, according to the U.N.

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Turkey expects Russia to take responsibility in Idlib deal: Minister​

BY DAILY SABAH​

ANKARA DIPLOMACY
SEP 28, 2021 12:04 PM GMT+3

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar speaks during a videoconference with military officials, Sept. 27, 2021 (AA Photo)


Turkey expects Russia to uphold its responsibilities in the Idlib deal, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Tuesday, underlining that Turkey has been abiding by the principles of the agreement.

"We hope that with the meeting our president will have with Mr. Putin, a return to peace will be possible as at the beginning of the memorandum of understanding," he said as attacks on the last opposition bastion continue to increase.

Speaking to journalists, Akar commented on the attacks on Idlib saying: “They (Russia) say that they carry out these attacks against ‘terrorist groups there.’ However, among those that lost their lives or run from these attacks are no terrorists. We have been trying to explain this for months.”

He added that he might hold talks with his Russian counterpart.

Akar underlined that communication channels between Turkey and Russia are open and that Turkish soldiers in the field can hold meetings with Russian generals.

He also noted that the participation of all groups who have a say in the future of Syria in the constitution-making process under the coordination of the U.N. and holding elections with the participation of all actors are some of the main things that Turkey has been stressing since the beginning.

He also spoke on attempts by the PKK terrorist group’s Syrian wing, the YPG, to infiltrate despite an agreement with Russia in the Operation Peace Spring area.

“We had agreed that the terrorists there must withdraw however, their presence there continues. This is an issue in which we are right,” Akar said, indicating that Turkey is in talks with the U.S. and Russia in this regard, while Ankara also takes its own precautions and hinders terrorist attacks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will discuss the issue of Idlib in their upcoming meeting Wednesday in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Russia is the main ally of the Syrian regime, while Turkey supports groups that have fought to unseat Bashar Assad. However, Russian and Turkish troops have cooperated in Idlib, the final holdout of opposition forces, and in seeking a political solution in the war-torn country.

Despite backing opposing sides in both the Syrian and Libyan conflicts, Turkey and Russia have forged close cooperation in the defense, energy and tourism sectors.
NATO member Turkey has bought Russian S-400 air defenses – leading to U.S. sanctions on Turkish defense industries – and has been in talks with Russia over possibly buying a second batch.

Ankara and Moscow were rivals in Nagorno-Karabakh during fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian forces last year. Russia eventually brokered a cease-fire between Turkey-backed Azerbaijan and Armenia, and is working with Ankara to monitor it.

Russia joined Syria’s now 10-year conflict in September 2015, when the regime military appeared close to collapse. Moscow has since helped in tipping the balance of power in favor of Assad, whose forces now control much of the country. Hundreds of Russian troops are deployed across Syria, and they also have a military air base along Syria’s Mediterranean coast.

During the past few years, Russian warplanes targeted the areas under the control of the Syrian opposition, initially launching attacks from Hmeimim Air Base in the west of the country.

Human rights organizations have published several reports accusing Russia of the death of tens of thousands of civilians in Syria since its intervention in 2015, while the international community has taken some actions against the Russia-backed Assad regime’s war crimes.

Furthermore, Putin and Assad recently met in Moscow to discuss the cooperation between their armies and how to continue operations to gain control of the last opposition-held areas in Syria. Putin blasted the presence of “foreign forces" in parts of Syria – an apparent reference to hundreds of U.S. troops who are in eastern Syria working with YPG/PKK terrorists, as well as Turkish troops in northern Syria. Putin said the presence of the foreigners is illegal because they have no approval by the U.N. or the Assad regime.

The Idlib region is home to nearly 3 million people, two-thirds of them displaced from other parts of the country.

Nearly 75% of the total population in the opposition-held Idlib region depends on humanitarian aid to meet their basic needs as 1.6 million people continue to live in camps or informal settlements, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

For years, the Assad regime has ignored the needs and safety of the Syrian people, only eyeing further gains of territory and crushing the opposition. With this aim, the regime has for years bombed civilian facilities such as schools, hospitals and residential areas, causing the displacement of almost half of the country's population.

The situation of the people in Idlib worsened when the Assad regime, backed by Russia, launched an offensive on the province, causing the largest one-time displacement in the history of the Syrian civil war and a huge humanitarian tragedy, according to the U.N.

Turkey expects Russia to take responsibility in Idlib deal: Minister

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Akar is really naive, not a good pick as a defense minister.

Speaking to journalists, Akar commented on the attacks on Idlib saying: “They (Russia) say that they carry out these attacks against ‘terrorist groups there.’ However, among those that lost their lives or run from these attacks are no terrorists. We have been trying to explain this for months.”

hes been explaining things for months or -years- but doesnt seem to understand that neither the russians nor the americans play by the rules and that is something he should have figured out already.. smh.

 

[Saithan]

Akar is really naive, not a good pick as a defense minister.



hes been explaining things for months or -years- but doesnt seem to understand that neither the russians nor the americans play by the rules and that is something he should have figured out already.. smh.

In politics it's important to keep saying the right thing. But whether you follow up on it is another issue.

I wish the internal security was raised and retired TSK personelle returned even for a short time (2-4 years), the refugee camps stopped being funded by Turkey and refugees slowly moved on because the internal security would ensure that refugees were not allowed to settle down inside Turkey, but had to keep moving.

Refugees leaving camps would be deported. Giving EU more time to build a fort EU is not the right path.

 

[Saithan]

Despite Turkey's security concerns, US provides $2B support to YPG​

BY BETÜL USTA​

ANKARA WAR ON TERROR
SEP 28, 2021 11:12 AM GMT+3

U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter gunners scan the desert while transporting troops on May 26, 2021 over northeastern Syria. U.S. forces, part of Task Force WARCLUB operate from remote combat outposts in northeastern Syria, coordinating with the YPG terror group in combatting residual Daesh extremists and deterring pro-Iranian militia. (Photo by Getty Images)


While President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other senior figures from Turkey recently highlighted its NATO ally United States' increasing support to the PKK terrorist group's Syrian branch, the YPG, it was reported that Washington has provided nearly $2 billion in financial support to the terrorist group from its defense budget in the last five years. This figure rises to nearly $3 billion with additional funds provided by Gulf states.

The U.S., which accepts the fact that the PKK is a terrorist group, has stated the training, weapons and ammunition support it provides to the YPG was to support the fight against the Daesh terrorist organization. However, the air defense products provided by the U.S. to the YPG contradict the claim the arming was for fighting the terrorist group since Daesh does not have air power.

In 2022, the U.S. defense budget of $778 billion allocated $177 million in aid to the YPG. This covered the salaries paid to terrorists, training, living materials, logistics support, as well as equipment such as missiles, rifles, heavy weapons, mortars, rocket launchers, and maintenance and repairs of this equipment.

The American public has criticized the country's Syria policy and opposes this use of their taxes. Experts living in the country state that the U.S.-led Syria strategy has failed, and experts have said: "The U.S. should not provide military support and protection to these groups at the expense of taxpayers. The national interest of the U.S. is not in supporting these organizations but in controlling the threats from terrorists."

In the National Defense Authorization Bill that sets aside $778 billion for defense expenditures for the 2022 fiscal year, the $522 million requested for training and support expenses in the fight against Daesh in Iraq and Syria was accepted by the House of Representatives under the same criteria.

Of this amount, $345 million was allocated to Iraq and $177 million to the Syrian training equipment program, which also includes the YPG terrorist organization.
In 2018, $500 million and in 2019, $300 million were allocated for the training and equipment program, which has been receiving allocations since 2017.

Considering the additional payments made in the last five years, the support provided by the U.S. to the YPG, against which NATO ally Turkey is fighting, approaches $2 billion.

This figure is estimated to be around $3 billion when the funds transferred from Gulf countries such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are included.

Ankara, on the other hand, underlines that one terrorist organization cannot be used to fight another and has invited the U.S. to cooperate with its allies instead of terrorists.

Turkey strongly opposed the YPG's presence in northern Syria and the formation of a terror corridor, which has been a major sticking point in strained Turkey-U.S. relations. Ankara has long objected to the U.S.' support of the YPG, a group that poses a threat to Turkey and terrorizes local people, destroying homes and forcing people to flee.

Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful counterterrorism operations across its border in northern Syria: Euphrates Shield in 2016, Olive Branch in 2018 and Peace Spring in 2019. These operations all aimed to prevent the formation of a terror corridor and to enable the peaceful resettlement of residents. Ankara considers the YPG/PKK a grave national security threat. Nonetheless, the group was largely deployed by the U.S.-led anti-Daesh coalition under the pretext of fighting the terrorist group on the ground.

The U.S. is currently supporting terrorist organizations much more than expected, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday, adding that the two NATO allies should be in a very different position.

“We have not experienced such a situation with previous U.S. leaders. Let alone fighting terrorist organizations, the U.S. gives them loads of equipment,” Erdoğan said while answering reporters' questions following Friday prayers in Istanbul.

He added that as a NATO country, Turkey must share these things with the world.

The current course of U.S.-Turkey relations “does not bode well,” Erdoğan also said before departing for the United Nations General Assembly in New York last Thursday.

Erdoğan said that he felt that relations with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden had "not gotten off to a good start" since the latter's arrival in the White House.
"My wish is to have friendly and not hostile relations" with the United States, he said.

"But the way things are going between two NATO allies is currently not too auspicious," he added.

On Monday, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar also criticized Turkey's allies, Russia and the U.S., for failing to fulfill their responsibilities as part of deals in Syria.

"Turkey abides by the terms of the deal regarding northern Syria. We regretfully see our ally U.S.’ weapons, ammunition and vehicle support to the YPG/PKK and we strive to undertake efforts at all levels to halt the assistance," Akar said.

He noted that Turkey will continue to maintain its counterterrorism fight and respect the territorial integrity of all its neighbors, including Iraq and Syria, while conducting counterterrorism operations.

"The YPG is the PKK in the strictest sense," Akar said, adding that there is concrete evidence documenting ties between the two.

Despite Turkey's concerns, US provides $2B support to YPG terrorists

While President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other senior figures from Turkey recently highlighted its NATO ally United States' increasing support to the...

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[Saithan]

Ümit Özdağ's statement on 'general resignations'​

Victory Party Chairman, Istanbul Deputy Ümit Özdağ, arguing that the Ministry of National Defense's statement that 'two generals demanded retirement due to health and family reasons' was not true, and said, 'No Turkish general leaves his soldiers on the battle line and resigns for health reasons'.​

September 28, 2021 14:42Updated: September 28, 2021 14:49

Ümit Özdağ, at the press conference he held with the party members accompanying him in the Parliament, claimed that the state crisis was going through a period of getting worse with each passing day.

Claiming that the crisis in Turkish-American relations peaked during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's last visit to the United States, Özdağ said that the US House of Representatives agreed to provide 177 million dollars of aid to the PKK/YPG to fight the so-called DAESH. Claiming that there was no reaction from the government and the "yellow opposition", Özdağ noted that the main break in relations between Turkey and the USA was the USA's continued friendship with Turkey's fierce enemies FETÖ and PKK/YPG.

'MSB'S STATEMENT OF REsignation IS NOT CORRECT'​

Pointing to the statement of the Ministry of National Defense sources that the two generals demanded retirement due to health and family reasons, Özdağ said, "This statement is not true. No Turkish general leaves his soldiers on the battle line and resigns for health reasons. We know why the generals resigned. Hopefully, the conditions under which we will have to explain this reason. won't show up." he said.

Claiming that the successful fight against the PKK could be in Syria, Özdağ said that diplomatic talks with Syria should begin.

Stating that they will fight the PKK, FETO and DAESH with the principle of "zero tolerance for terrorism", Özdağ said, "We will put into effect the 'Iron Pigeon' Action Program to end PKK terrorism inside and outside of Turkey." used the phrase.

NAVTEX MUST BE FIXED EMERGENCY​

Claiming that the announced navtex also harmed Turkey's rights and obligations on the Eastern Mediterranean and the TRNC, Özdağ argued that the existence of the TRNC was opened to discussion with this navtex. Ümit Özdağ requested that the navtex be corrected immediately. AA

Ümit Özdağ'dan 'general istifaları' açıklaması: İnşallah nedenini açıklamak zorunda kalmayız

Ümit Özdağ, Meclis'te beraberindeki partililerle düzenlediği basın toplantısında, devlet krizinin her geçen gün ağırlaştığı bir

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[Ravenman]

Which Navtex he is talking about?

 

[Bogeyman]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1442867296599351299

 

[Ecderha]

In politics it's important to keep saying the right thing. But whether you follow up on it is another issue.

I wish the internal security was raised and retired TSK personelle returned even for a short time (2-4 years), the refugee camps stopped being funded by Turkey and refugees slowly moved on because the internal security would ensure that refugees were not allowed to settle down inside Turkey, but had to keep moving.

Refugees leaving camps would be deported. Giving EU more time to build a fort EU is not the right path.

Exactly!
People here talking like kids "This one is soft-> and this one is weak ->Other is stupid leader etc." !!!!!

We can only guess what will be happening. We don't know what Actual decision is taken (or options they have).
So guys please be more mature and not be kido Thinkers

 

[Ecderha]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1442867296599351299

Who is contorling this Oil fields?
usa or russian?

 

[Kartal1]

enior PKK terrorist with Interpol Red Notice killed in Syria​

BY DAILY SABAH​

ISTANBUL WAR ON TERROR
SEP 28, 2021 9:58 AM GMT+3

The car carrying a senior PKK terrorist was targeted during a Turkish operation in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Sept. 28, 2021. (AA Photo)


In a cross-border counterterrorism operation jointly carried out by Turkish security forces and the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), a senior PKK terrorist figure classified under the Red Notice category on INTERPOL's wanted terrorists list was eliminated in northeastern Syria's Qamishli.

Engin Karaaslan, codenamed Haydar Varto, was a member of the PKK terrorist organization's so-called executive central committee.

Karaaslan, who joined the PKK in the 1980s, received personal training from the group’s jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan in the Syrian capital Damascus in the 1990s, took on responsibilities as the PKK Armenia Representative in the 2000s and served as a member of the group’s so-called court of justice.

Karaaslan, who has been in Syria since 2019, was the PKK’s Syrian Secretariat member and PKK’s Syria general health officer.

During his time in the organization, Karaaslan was known to be a senior executive in the armed field and who personally planned many actions in eastern Turkey's Tunceli, Amanos and northern Iraq's main PKK base Qandil.

Karaaslan, who was known to be operating based in Syria’s Qamishli, was targeted with a drone operation in the Eli Fero location on the Qamishli-Hassakeh main road.

It was learned that the loss of Karaaslan sent shockwaves through the senior figures of the terrorist group and that this situation was hidden from the lower cadres in order to not demoralize them.

Karaaslan is the highest level terrorist in Syria to have been eliminated so far.

Turkish security forces have ramped up their efforts against PKK terrorists at home and across the country's borders and have been carrying out successful operations to eliminate senior terrorists.

Turkish security forces eliminated 212 PKK terrorists during domestic and cross-border operations in August. Security forces arrested 156 PKK terrorism suspects last month, with 30 of them later remanded into custody. Additionally, 141 PKK terrorists have surrendered to Turkish security forces through persuasion efforts this year as of end-August.

Among the terrorists eliminated this year were a number of senior PKK members.

Süleyman Öztürk, codenamed Cilo, was targeted in an air-backed operation by local gendarmerie teams in the southeastern Mardin province. He was on Turkey’s wanted terrorist list.

Süheyla Çelik, codenamed Nuda Sason, was killed in the eastern Van province during a reconnaissance and surveillance mission of the special operations police. Çelik was the head of the terrorist group in the eastern Tendürek region.

Haldun Altay, another terrorist killed, was among the perpetrators of the attack that killed a police officer in the eastern Ağrı province on May 13.

Hasan Said Hasan, the so-called head of the PKK branch operating in Sinjar, Iraq, was killed in an operation jointly conducted by the MIT.

Hasan was found to have been organizing the transfer of PKK terrorists between Syria and Iraq, as well as the arms and ammunition shipments of the terrorist group.

Furthermore, he was working on the recruitment of young Yazidi people for the PKK terrorist group. Hasan was a member of the so-called executive council of the PKK and was on Iraq's wanted list for his separatist activities.

Turkish security forces regularly conduct counterterrorism operations in the eastern and southeastern provinces of Turkey, where the PKK has attempted to establish a strong presence and bases. The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) also carry out cross-border operations in northern Iraq, a region where PKK terrorists have hideouts and bases from which to carry out attacks in Turkey, with particular attention paid to targeting high-level terrorists.

Turkey has long been stressing that it will not tolerate terrorist threats posed against its national security and has called on Iraqi officials to take the necessary steps to eliminate the terrorist group. Ankara previously noted that if the expected steps were not taken, it would not shy from targeting terrorist threats.

Turkey launched Operations Claw-Lightning and Claw-Thunderbolt on April 23 in northern Iraq’s Metina and Avashin-Basyan regions near its borders. The PKK are being heavily targeted in the Metina, Avashin-Basyan, Zap and Qandil regions in northern Iraq. In addition to F-16 fighter jets, the operations are being supported by border artillery units, fire support elements in forward base areas and attack helicopters.

In mid-2014, the PKK also managed to establish a foothold in Sinjar on the pretext that it was protecting the local Yazidi community from Daesh. Since then, the PKK has reportedly established Sinjar as a base for its logistical and command and control activities. Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) previously said that the PKK’s presence in Sinjar is unacceptable and called for the terrorists to leave the area.

The PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, has waged a terror campaign against Turkey for more than four decades and has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people, including women and children.

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Not only Karaaslan but also Renas Roj a prominent SDF commander and member of the YPG military council was sent to the other side.

 

[Manomed]

Not only Karaaslan but also Renas Roj a prominent SDF commander and member of the YPG military council was sent to the other side.

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[Kartal1]

Yusuf Hamoud, spokesman for the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army [Idlib ]:

“Russian attacks started to increase this week.”
“Turkish soldiers in the region are entering a combat ready state.”
“All bases are further fortified and convoys of armored vehicles, soldiers and equipment are sent to the area.”

According to military sources, a Turkish military convoy, including MLRSs and tanks, entered Syria at night and moved towards Jabal Zawiyah, where Turkish bases are located.

Reuters

 

[Kartal1]

Turkish official speaking to Bloomberg: President Erdogan will ask Putin to take action regarding the PKK/YPG's withdrawal from Manbij and Tel-Rıfat.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1442886867515498499

 

[Manomed]

Turkish official speaking to Bloomberg: President Erdogan will ask Putin to take action regarding the PKK/YPG's withdrawal from Manbij and Tel-Rıfat.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1442886867515498499

Erdogan is pathetic....

 

[Ryder]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1442867732765052934

Cant these clowns for one fcking day not kill each other. For one fcking day!!!!!!!

 

[Kartal1]

That background picture...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443161514819600385

 

[Barry]

man always forget how much of a manlet Putin is until I see a picture of him standing next to a hobbit or small animal.

 

[Saithan]

Biden assured YPG that US won't abandon it in Syria: Ringleader

The notorious ringleader of the PKK terrorist group’s Syrian offshoot YPG, Ferhat Abdi Şahin, who is on Turkey’s most wanted terrorist list, said U.S....

www.dailysabah.com

 

[Ardabas34]

Biden assured YPG that US won't abandon it in Syria: Ringleader

The notorious ringleader of the PKK terrorist group’s Syrian offshoot YPG, Ferhat Abdi Şahin, who is on Turkey’s most wanted terrorist list, said U.S....

www.dailysabah.com

They are shitting themselves