A YPG/PKK terrorist who was eradicated by a Turkish operation in northern Syria earlier this yr was recognized Wednesday as one of many three terrorists to whom the US Central Command (CENTCOM) had issued a condolence message.
Civana Heso codenamed “Roj Habur” was killed throughout an operation coordinated by the Turkish Nationwide Intelligence Company (MIT) in July, Turkish safety sources mentioned. She was the so-called Jazira regional head of the PKK/YAT in Syria.
CENTCOM launched a condolence message on July 24 for “senior” YPG terrorist determine Salva Yusuk, saying: “Salva Yusuk, the deputy commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), was killed together with two feminine fighters in an assault on July 22, 2022 close to Qamishli, Syria.”
Within the submit, it was confirmed that one of many two terrorists, who was said to be with the terrorist Yusuk, is Civana Heso, codenamed “Roj Habur,” a so-called regional officer of the PKK/YPG terrorist group in Syria.
Based on info obtained from safety sources, the terrorist Heso obtained her particular navy coaching from U.S. forces in Syria. It was additionally realized that the terrorist skilled others to take motion towards Türkiye as a “ladies’s supervisor” on the so-called Dilovan academy, the place the PKK/YPG had beforehand given assassination coaching.
It was decided that the members of the group skilled by the terrorist carried out harassment fireplace and assaults towards safety forces in northern Syria’s Operation Peace Spring zone and southeastern Türkiye’s Mardin-Şırnak line.
The PKK established its so-called anti-terrorist items, often called the YAT, in 2014, working as supposed particular forces in Syria and interesting in organized infiltration, ambushes, and related actions towards safety forces on the border, the sources mentioned.
The PKK is a delegated terrorist group within the U.S., Türkiye and the European Union, and Washington’s help for its Syrian affiliate has been a serious pressure on bilateral relations with Ankara. The PKK/YPG has managed a lot of northeastern Syria after the forces of Syrian regime chief Bashar Assad withdrew in 2012.
The U.S. primarily partnered with PKK/YPG terrorists in northeastern Syria in its battle towards the Daesh terrorist group. Then again, Türkiye strongly opposed the PKK/YPG’s presence in northern Syria.
Underneath the pretext of combating Daesh, the U.S. has supplied navy coaching and given truckloads of navy help to the PKK/YPG, regardless of its NATO ally’s safety considerations. Underlining that one can’t help one terrorist group to defeat one other, Türkiye has carried out its counterterrorism operations all through, eradicating a major variety of terrorists from the area.
“We all know the identification, location and observe file of the terrorists. We additionally know very properly who patronizes, arms and encourages terrorists,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan additionally just lately mentioned, referring to the U.S. help for the YPG.
Since 2016, Ankara has launched a trio of profitable floor operations towards terrorist teams to forestall the formation of a terror hall and allow the peaceable settlement of residents: Euphrates Defend (2016), Olive Department (2018) and Peace Spring (2019).
