Ministry of National Defense announces: Number of terrorists neutralized in operations rises to 23

The Ministry of National Defense announced that the number of terrorists neutralized in operations carried out in northern Iraq following the terror attack in the Claw-Lock Operation zone has risen to 23.

The Ministry stated that 23 terrorists were neutralized in operations conducted via air strikes and land-based fire support assets targeting terror objectives in northern Iraq and Syria.

Following the attack in the Claw-Lock Operation zone where we lost our heroic comrades-in-arms as martyrs, terror targets in northern Iraq and Syria were effectively struck by our air operations as well as our land-based fire support assets. Neutralized in northern Iraq... pic.twitter.com/I5oc3Dqqtk

— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) January 13, 2024

The statement also noted that new footage was shared from the operation conducted last night by the Air Force, in which 29 targets belonging to terrorists in northern Iraq and Syria were destroyed. The Ministry provided information regarding the moments when the targets were successfully destroyed in the shared footage.

Footage from the operation in which 29 targets belonging to terrorists in northern Iraq and Syria were successfully destroyed by our Air Force last night...#MinistryOfNationalDefense pic.twitter.com/mTSArY1GnM

— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) January 13, 2024