The “end is near” for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its affiliates in Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan claimed here on Friday.
Speaking to local and international media representatives at a press briefing, Fidan highlighted clearing the Syrian territory from terrorism as one of Türkiye’s foreign policy priorities for 2025.
“Türkiye has both capacity and determination to eliminate all threats at their source,” he added, mainly referring to the PKK group, which it recognizes as a terrorist organization, and its Syrian branch, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).
Following the fall of the former Syrian government in December of last year, Ankara said it would continue military activity in northern Syria until Kurdish fighters fully “disarm.”
Since 2016, Turkish forces have carried out several cross-border operations in northern Syria in order to create a YPG-free zone along Türkiye’s border with the neighboring country.
