ANKARA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- A senior member of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) was "neutralized" by Turkish intelligence in a cross-border raid in northern Syria, Türkiye's state-run TRT broadcaster said on Tuesday.
The YPG, a militia group based in Syria, is seen by Türkiye as a branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged a decades-long insurgency against Ankara and is designated as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the United States and the European Union.
TRT identified the slain militant as Emine Seyid Ahmed, also known as Azadi Derik, and said she was "neutralized" in the city of Qamishli without giving a date. It said she was in charge of missile supplies and attacks on Turkish forces and civilians in the region.
Türkiye often uses the term "neutralize" to mean the militants were killed, captured, or surrendered.
In a separate incident on Monday, Turkish security forces arrested another YPG member who tried to cross into Türkiye from Syria, TRT cited unnamed security sources as saying. The militant, Huda al Tuma, also known as Cudi, came from the Mebruke area, where Türkiye launched its "Operation Peace Spring" in 2019.
Türkiye has carried out several military operations in northern Syria since 2016 to push back the YPG from its border. ■
