Turkey's Operation Claw-Lock against PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq is dealing a heavy blow to the group, and 45 terrorists have been eliminated so far, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday, underlining that the operation inflicts agonizing pain on the terrorist group, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah.
Addressing reporters in Istanbul, Erdogan said that the destruction of caves and other critical targets in the region is ongoing, expressing his wish that the operation will be successfully completed with minimum loss.
He also informed that three Turkish soldiers have been killed so far.
The Turkish military launched a new ground and air counterterrorism operation against the PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry announced Monday.
The new operation, called “Operation Claw-Lock,” targets the terrorists in the Metina, Zap and Avashin-Basyan regions.