China News Service, November 23. According to Turkey’s Anadolu News Agency, the Turkish Ministry of Defense stated that on the 22nd local time, the Turkish army killed 6 PKK militants in a cross-border operation in Iraq and northern Syria. .
According to reports, the Turkish Ministry of Defense stated in a statement that two PKK fighters were planning an attack in the Avasin region in northern Iraq and were killed by the Turkish military.
In northern Syria, four PKK fighters were killed while trying to infiltrate Turkish-controlled areas.
According to previous reports, the PKK was established in 1979, seeking to establish an independent state through force in the Kurdish settlements on the border between Turkey and Iraq, Iran and Syria. Its armed personnel are now mostly gathered in northern Iraq and northern Syria.
Turkey regards the organization as a terrorist organization and has repeatedly crossed the border to attack PKK targets in Iraq and Syria.
The conflict between the Turkish government and the PKK has lasted for more than 30 years, causing about 40,000 deaths.