The Turkish army is once again conducting a military operation in the northern Kurdish province of Muş, this time in the district of Malazgirt. According to the Ministry of the Interior, almost forty operational units consisting of more than 500 members of the gendarmerie, paramilitary special units and village guard units are involved in the operation. The declared aim is to "remove the PKK from the country's agenda and neutralise terrorists", as the Turkish government calls its fight against the Kurdish guerrillas.

The operation in Muş, launched on Saturday, is led by the regional command of the local gendarmerie. The area of operation includes rural areas in the Malazgirt district in the east of the province, bordering Ağrı province, and wide-area searches are currently being observed. Previous military operations in Muş, which had been ongoing since June, had focused on the high mountain area of Şenyayla.