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Turkey says it 'neutralised' 32 outlawed PKK members in Syria

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Turkey said on Sunday its armed forces "neutralised" 32 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in military operations in northern Syria.

Offensive against the PKK in Syria and Iraq © Mena Today 

Offensive against the PKK in Syria and Iraq © Mena Today 

Turkey said on Sunday its armed forces "neutralised" 32 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in military operations in northern Syria.

The defence ministry also said its operations in northern Iraq "neutralized" four PKK members, using a term that usually means killed.

Since a rebellion in Syria last month ousted president Bashar Al-Assad, Turkey-backed Syrian forces have occasionally clashed in the north with U.S-backed Kurdish forces that Ankara also deems terrorists.

Reporting by Canan Sevgili

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