Turkish security forces arrested two YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, near the country’s southern border, the National Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
TERRORISTS NABBED IN OPERATION EUPHRATES SHIELD AREA
The ministry said in a statement that the terrorists were arrested in the Operation Euphrates Shield zone, where Turkey carried out a counter-terror operation.
Turkish troops are in the region as part of a cross-border security and counter-terrorist initiative.
Since 2016, Turkey has launched four successful anti-terrorist operations across its border in northern Syria to prevent the formation of a terror corridor and enable peaceful settlement by locals: Euphrates Shield (2016), Olive Branch (2018), Peace Spring (2019), and Spring Shield (2020).
