Turkey "neutralizes" 50 YPG members in Syria: ministry
STORY: Turkey "neutralizes" 50 YPG members in Syria: ministry
DATELINE: April 24, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:32
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: MILITARY
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STORYLINE:
Turkish military on Saturday launched an operation against Syria's Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria in response to the killing of a Turkish police officer, Turkey's Defense Ministry said in a statement.
At least 50 YPG members were "neutralized" in the ongoing operations in the region so far, it said.
Turkish authorities often use the term "neutralized" to imply "terrorists" killed, wounded, or captured in security operations.
Turkey has launched the operation after YPG attacked a police checkpoint in Mare settlement in the Operation Euphrates Shield area with anti-tank weapons and killed Turkish police officer Aytac Altinors on Friday, the statement said.
The YPG fired at Turkish military bases in northern Syria at the same time when the police checkpoint attack was launched, it
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