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Türkiye Says Military 'Neutralized' 53 Kurdish Fighters in Northern Syria

Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members walk in the Qandil mountain, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq. (File photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members walk in the Qandil mountain, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq. (File photo: AFP)
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Türkiye Says Military 'Neutralized' 53 Kurdish Fighters in Northern Syria

Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members walk in the Qandil mountain, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq. (File photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members walk in the Qandil mountain, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq. (File photo: AFP)

Türkiye’s military "neutralized" 53 Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, using ground artillery and drones in retaliatory strikes following an attack on a police post on the Turkish side of the border at the weekend, the defense ministry said on Wednesday.

The ministry typically uses the term "neutralized" to describe killed and wounded. The latest strikes targeted the fighters hideouts in the Manbij and Tal Rifaat regions, Reuters said.

Türkiye has previously launched military incursions in Syria against the Kurdish YPG group, regarding it as a wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which Türkiye, the United States and the European Union designate as a terrorist group.

The United States has allied with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), spearheaded by the YPG, in the fight against ISIS in Syria, causing a deep rift with Türkiye.

 

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Lebanon's President Stresses Urgency of Israeli Pullout from South

This handout picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
This handout picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
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Lebanon's President Stresses Urgency of Israeli Pullout from South

This handout picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
This handout picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's new President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)

Lebanon's new president Joseph Aoun stressed to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday the urgency of an Israeli military withdrawal as stipulated by a ceasefire deal that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in November.
According to a statement by the Lebanese presidency on X, Aoun told Guterres during a meeting at Baabda Palace that continued Israeli breaches were a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and the agreed ceasefire deal.
The ceasefire, which took effect on Nov. 27 and was brokered by the United States and France, requires Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon within 60 days, and for Hezbollah to remove all its fighters and weapons from the south.
Guterres said the UN would exert utmost efforts to secure an Israeli withdrawal within the set deadline under the ceasefire terms, according to the statement.
He had said on Friday the Israeli military's continued occupation of territory in south Lebanon and the conduct of military operations in Lebanese territory were violations of a UN resolution upon which the ceasefire is based.
Despite the deal, Israeli forces have continued strikes on what they say are Hezbollah fighters ignoring the accord under which they must halt attacks and withdraw beyond the Litani River, about 30 km from the border with Israel.