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On Saturday, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced the arrest of 641 suspects in a security operation against the “Kurdistan Workers Party” and the Kurdish “People’s Protection Units”, covering 42 states.
According to a statement from the ministry, “the operation was carried out on Friday and Saturday against members of the terrorist organization and their sympathizers,” explaining that it was “carried out in coordination between the Ministry of the Interior and the Public Ministry of the corresponding states.” .
The statement read: “The forces that participated in the operation seized a quantity of arms and ammunition, as well as documents related to the organization.”
Last Wednesday, Turkey’s Defense Ministry announced that 17 militants from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) had been neutralized while trying to infiltrate the “Fountain of Peace” operation in northern Syria.
The ministry said in a statement that the Turkish special forces managed to avoid an infiltration operation to carry out an attack in the region, with the aim of destabilizing the security and stability environment.
Relative calm currently prevails in the region, after Turkey reached two separate agreements with the United States and Russia, on October 17 and 22, 2019, the first stipulating the withdrawal of Kurdish units from the Operation Peace Fountain area, while the second foresees the expulsion of the Kurdish fighters from the Syrian-Turkish border in depth. 30 kilometers south.
Source: “Anatolia”
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