Turkiye eliminates PKK head of self-defence units in Iraq

Turkish intelligence has reportedly eliminated a leading Kurdish militant in Iraq who was responsible for training members over the decades, making him the latest such figure to be killed by Turkiye in Iraq throughout Ankara’s ongoing campaign to curb Kurdish separatist efforts. According to Turkish media outlets, which cited unnamed security sources, the country’s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) was today revealed to have eliminated Lokman Ismail – a Syrian national code-named ‘Şiyar Muhtar’ – in a precision strike on northern Iraq near the Turkish border. Ismail, described as the head of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) self-defence units, had reportedly been an active and leading member in the militant and designated terror group over the past 30 years. Having first […]