The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) announced on Saturday that 44 Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) terrorists had been neutralized in northern Iraq’s Zap region in the last five days.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S., and the EU. The terrorist group has been trying to create a foothold in the north eastern Iraqi region of Sinjar since the area was cleared of Daesh in late 2014.
It resumed its decades-old armed campaign in July 2015 against the Turkish state. Over 1,100 people, including security personnel and civilians, have lost their lives in PKK attacks in Turkey since the terrorist organization resumed its decades-old campaign in July 2015.
Since then, PKK attacks have left 793 security personnel martyred and 314 civilians, including women and children, dead. Over 4,000 security personnel and over 2,000 civilians have been injured.
