Turkey "neutralizes" 3 YPG/PKK terrorists in Iraq and Syria

Turkish security forces "neutralized" three YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria and northern Iraq, authorities said on Wednesday.

One terrorist in the Operation Pence-Yildirim Zone in northern Iraq, and two terrorists in Euphrates Shield Zone in northern Syria were neutralized by commandos, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Twitter.

The ministry also posted footage of the operations, Anadolu Agency reported.

The Pence operations are a series of offensives Turkey has carried out since 2019 against terrorist organizations in northern Iraq, particularly the PKK.

The latest ones are the Pence-Simsek and Pence-Yildirim operations launched this April in the Metina and Avasin-Basyan regions near Turkey's borders.