Turkish warplanes hit PKK headquarters in northern Iraq
Turkish fighter jets. File Photo.
(IraqiNews.com) Erbil – Turkish warplanes today carried out a number of air strikes on the headquarters of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.
Sharing details a military source said, “Turkish warplanes attacked PKK rebels in the Sinath-Haftanin region at northern Iraq, resulting in the death of a number of Kurdish fighters.”
“The strikes followed a PKK attack on Turkish soldiers in Uludere, Sirnak province, in which four soldiers were killed and nine injured,” the source added.
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) resumed its 30-year armed campaign against Turkey in July 2015 and since then over 600 Turkish security personnel and more than 7,000 PKK fighters have been killed.