Turkish security forces "neutralize" 45 Kurdish militants in N. Iraq, Syria

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Turkish security forces "neutralize" 45 Kurdish militants in N. Iraq, Syria

STORY: Turkish security forces "neutralize" 45 Kurdish militants in N. Iraq, Syria SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Istanbul, Türkiye CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of operations by Turkish armed forces STORYLINE: Turkish security forces have "neutralized" 45 "terrorists" in retaliatory airstrikes over their killing of several Turkish soldiers on Friday, the Turkish presidency said on Saturday. Of the "terrorists," 36 were killed in the forces' cross-border operations in northern Iraq, and nine were killed in northern Syria, the presidency said on the social media platform X. The airstrikes targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq and its branch in Syria, the Kurdish People's Protection Units, were carried out to retaliate against the killing of nine Turkish soldiers in a PKK attack in northern Iraq on Friday night. Turkish authorities often use the term "neutralize" in their statements to imply the "terrorists" in question surrendered or were k

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