A senior commander in the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) was reportedly killed by an IED explosion against his vehicle on April 15 in the Kurdish-controlled Hasakah area of northern Syria.
Haseke’nin güneyindeki ?eddadi bölgesinde terör örgütü YPG/PKK’ya ait bir araca EYP patlamas? sonucu örgüt yöneticisi Heval ?ore? kod adl? terörist öldü.
— Hüseyin Bozan (@huseyinbozan) April 14, 2024
His killing follows a series of targeted assassinations against high-level Kurdish commanders of the YPG, amongst which the killing of the YPG’s commander in Syria’s Kurdish-majority city of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) in a drone strike executed by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has been the most notable.
Reports by Turkish state media suggest that Turkish forces neutralised “3 PKK/YPG terrorists” in northern Syria, while an additional 16 PKK members were targeted in northern Iraq as part of continuing airstrikes since October 2023 in northern Iraq’s regions of Metina, Gara, Hakurk, Qandil and Asos.
“Our heroic Turkish Armed Forces continue their operations against PKK / YPG terrorists in the north of Syria. 3 PKK / YPG terrorists, who were preparing for an attack in the Euphrates Shield region, were neutralized by Mehmetçik.” – Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense.
The air campaign came in response to a suicide bombing attack against Turkey’s Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ankara on October 1, 2023, for which the PKK claimed responsibility.