Turkey says 174 'terrorists' killed in offensive


PTI | Damascus | Updated: 11-10-2019 00:00 IST | Created: 11-10-2019 00:00 IST
Turkey says 174 'terrorists' killed in offensive
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Turkey's Defense Ministry says 174 "terrorists" have been "neutralized" in its cross-border military offensive, referring to Syrian Kurdish fighters. The ministry tweeted Thursday that the number includes 19 alleged fighters killed in an airstrike on a shelter used by the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, in Ras al-Ayn.

The numbers could not be independently verified. Turkey considers the YPG a terror organisation linked to a Kurdish insurgency at home and has declared the military offensive, launched Wednesday, necessary for national security.

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