Turkish warplanes resume border raids on north Iraq Kurdistan’s border areas

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Turkish warplanes have resumed their raids on border areas of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan Province of Arbil on Friday night, an official of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) reported on Saturday.   “The Turkish air bombardment began at 08:30 pm local time (05:30 pm GMT) Friday night on Khwakurk and Khanira areas of Saidakan township, north of Arbil,” Ahmed Deniz told IraqiNews.com news agency, adding that the raids had been intensive, but losses were not known yet.   Iranian artillery raids had continued since more than 2 months, along with Turkish air raids on border areas and villages in Kurdistan Region, killing and wounding dozens of civilians and damaging houses, agricultural fields and other property, belonging to citizens in Kurdistan’s border areas.   Turkey and Iran charge the anti-Ankara PKK forces and anti-Tehran PJAK forces with taking refuge in border areas in Iraqi Kurdistan, from where they launch attacks against Turkish and Iranian forces.   SKH (IT)   202