Operation in northern Syria
Turkish intelligence reports killing of PKK leader Abdurrahman Cadirci
People at the central celebration of the Kurdish New Year festival “Newroz”. The Kurdish Workers’ Party PKK is considered a terrorist organization in Europe
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In an attack on the Syrian province of Aleppo, Turkey claims to have killed a high-ranking leader of the banned Kurdish Workers’ Party. However, it is not entirely clear to me which side the dead man was on.
The Turkish secret service claims to have killed a high-ranking leader of the banned Kurdish Workers’ Party PKK. As the state news agency Anadolu reported on Friday, Abdurrahman Cadirci was “neutralized” in an operation in northern Syria.
According to information from the German Press Agency, the attack took place on June 14 in a rural area of the Syrian province of Aleppo. Security sources confirmed that a senior Kurdish leader was killed. According to information from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Cadirci is said to have belonged to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as a politician.
SDF is on the side of the USA
The Turkish military regularly takes action against Kurdish militias in the south-east of the country, in Syria and in northern Iraq. The PKK is also considered a terrorist organization in the US and Europe. Their headquarters are in the inaccessible Kandil Mountains in northern Iraq. Turkey occupies areas in northern Syria.
The SDF, led by Kurdish militias, are a close US ally in the fight against Islamist terrorists in Syria. Turkey is taking military action against the PKK as well as against the SDF.