Turkish intelligence announced the killing of two female leaders of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in a security operation carried out in Hakurk region in northern Iraq. The Turkish intelligence stated in a media circular today that the two leaders, Wasila Duran, nicknamed “Ronahi Delhevin”, and Dilan Oklu, nicknamed “Arin Tolhildan”, were preparing to attack the Turkish forces stationed in the Hakurk region in northern Iraq after receiving instructions from their leadership to carry out those attacks.
The Turkish intelligence indicated that it had tracked the two leaders in the PKK on the background of crimes related to terrorism, and a decision was made to neutralize them, through an operation by the intelligence service that directly targeted them, after they headed to a meeting point to convey instructions to other militants, where they were able to kill them in the Hakurk region.
It explained in its circular that the so-called “Duran” joined the PKK organization in 2014, and moved to norther
n Iraq in 2015 and worked on the outskirts of Sulaymaniyah Governorate after receiving armed and ideological training, while the so-called “Oklu” joined the terrorist organization in 2014 also and she was only 15 years old, and she also underwent compulsory armed and ideological training in northern Iraq.
The Turkish intelligence stated in its circular that it is monitoring the activities of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which targets its forces and citizens, and is active in countries in the region, including Syria, Iraq and Iran, and the organization’s militants use the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq as a stronghold, and are active in many cities, regions and valleys, and launch attacks from them on the Turkish interior.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency