The Nationwide Intelligence Group (MIT) “neutralized” Uman Derviş, a member of the PKK terrorist group’s Syrian wing, the YPG, media shops reported.
Derviş was answerable for the group’s forces in Manbij, in response to the stories. “Neutralized” is utilized by Turkish authorities to explain a terrorist captured useless or alive. In most operations in Syria and Iraq the place the terrorist group holed up, nevertheless, terrorists are killed.
Code-named “Şervin Derik,” Derviş was additionally answerable for terrorist group’s cells organizing assaults in huge Turkish cities. Safety sources stated that she orchestrated deliberate assaults towards Turkish safety forces in areas close to Manbij, which had been cleared of terrorists by the Turkish military in cross-border operations up to now years.
An undated photograph taken in an undisclosed location reveals Uman Derviş (in purple circle) subsequent to a person presumed to be the PKK/YPG’s senior identify Ferhat Abdi Şahin. (DHA Picture)
She was on the goal record of the MIT after her involvement in assaults towards Turkish troopers and plots towards Türkiye. Discipline brokers of the MIT positioned Derviş in Manbij and eradicated her, alongside along with her bodyguards, safety sources stated.
The terrorist joined PKK cells working in rural Türkiye in 1998 and underwent coaching on explosive manufacturing, sabotage and assassination. Between 1998 and 2014, she operated in Iraq. That 12 months, she skilled terrorists who infiltrated Iraq from Syria and arranged their return to Syria. In 2015, she secretly traveled to Türkiye and arranged terrorist group’s actions within the western province of Izmir earlier than fleeing to Syria. Between 2015 and 2016, she represented the PKK/YPG in Europe, the place she held talks with officers from “some European international locations,” safety sources stated.