'Turkey has neutralized 236 Daesh/ISIS terrorists in N. Syria in 2021 so far'

ANKARA

Turkey has neutralized at least 236 Daesh/ISIS terrorist in northern Syria since the beginning of 2021, sources in the National Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

The Turkish Armed Forces continue to fight against all terrorist organizations including FETO, the PKK, its offshoot YPG, and Daesh/ISIS without any discrimination.

In 2013, Turkey became one of the first countries to declare Daesh/ISIS a terror group.

The country has since been attacked by its terrorists multiple times, with 315 people killed and hundreds more injured in at least 10 suicide bombings, seven bomb attacks, and four armed assaults.

In response, it launched anti-terror operations at home and abroad to prevent further attacks.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey will conduct cross-border operations to fight terrorism “whenever necessary."

"There is no stepping back from it," he told reporters on his Sunday return flight from the G20 Leaders' Summit held in Rome.​​​​​​​

*Writing by Seda Sevencan