Xinhua News Agency
March 28, 2022

Turkey’s drone attack kills 3 PKK members in northern Iraq

At least three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed in a Turkish armed drone attack in northern Iraq, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Monday.

The PKK members were “neutralized” in the area of Turkey’s “Operation Claw-Lightning,” the ministry tweeted.

The word “neutralize” is often used by Turkish authorities to refer to “terrorists” killed, wounded, or arrested during security operations.

Turkey regularly conducts cross-border operations on PKK bases in northern Iraq.

The ministry on Sunday said the Turkish forces killed three other PKK members in the Operation Claw-Thunderbolt zone.

The joint Claw-Lightning and Claw-Thunderbolt are the ongoing operations of the Turkish Armed forces in Metina, Zap and Avashin-Basyan regions.