The Turkish army killed seven fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during actions in eastern Turkey and northern Syria, TRT-Haber and CNN-Turk televisions reported.

TV channels quoted Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu, who announced that two high-ranking members of the PKK were killed in an anti-terrorist operation by the security forces in the area of ​​Dogubayazut city (Agra District, Eastern Anatolia).

The two fighters were entrusted with important tasks personally by the current leader of the PKK, Murat Karaialan, informed TRT-Haber, quoted by BTA.

Meanwhile, Turkey's Ministry of National Defense reported that five Kurdish separatists were neutralized in the area where Turkey's Euphrates Shield offensive took place.

The terrorists were preparing an attack.

Turkish military neutralized nine PKK fighters in northern Iraq

Since 2016, Turkey has conducted several operations in northern Syria to clear the area along the Turkish border of Islamic State terrorists and fighters from the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara says are linked to the PKK. , including "Euphrates Shield" (2016), "Olive Branch" (2018) and "Fountain of Peace" (2019).

The Kurdistan Workers' Party, which has been waging an armed struggle against the Turkish state since 1984, is considered a terrorist organization by Ankara, the EU and the US.