National Defense Ministry

Turkish security forces "neutralized" four PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria near the Turkish border, the country's National Defense Ministry said on Monday.

The terrorists were targeted in the Operation Euphrates Shield zone in northern Syria, the ministry said.

Turkish security forces "neutralized" a total of 50 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Iraq and northern Syria over the past week, near Türkiye's border, said the country's National Defense Ministry on Thursday.

Turkish security forces "neutralized" a total of 13 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria and northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Turkish authorities use the term "neutralize" to imply that the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.

Türkiye on Monday targeted 20 locations in the northern Iraq regions of Zap, Hakurk, Gara, Qandil, Asos, and Metina, areas known to house ringleaders of the PKK terrorist organization, according to the National Defense Ministry.

Turkish security forces on June 3 destroyed more than 30 targets used by the PKK terror group in an air operation in northern Iraq, according to National Defense Ministry.

Official military sources have confirmed to Kathimerini that officers of the Army General Staff (GES) are preparing to visit the US to watch a demonstration of the HIMARS weapons system.

The letter of acceptance (LOA) regarding Greece's request for the supply of F-35 fighter jets has been in the General Directorate of Defense Equipment and Investments since Wednesday morning.

The Turkish intelligence agency MİT has "neutralized" Fatma Sakana, a so-called PKK ringleader, in an operation in Syria's north. 

Sakana, one of the perpetrators of the PKK attack in the southeastern province of Şırnak that killed 10 Turkish soldiers on Sept. 2, 2012, was "neutralized" during an operation.

Nine Turkish soldiers were killed and four others wounded in an attack by PKK terrorists on a Turkish military base in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said Saturday.

The ministry said the soldiers were killed during a clash with terrorists following an attempted intrusion at the base near Metina in northern Iraq.

Six Turkish soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an attack by PKK terrorists near the northern Iraqi border, the National Defense Ministry said Saturday.

The military retaliated by carrying out airstrikes on terrorist targets and their escape route, "neutralizing" at least seven terrorists, the ministry said.