11 PKK positions destroyed in N Iraq, says Turkish army
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency
File Photo / The Turkish Air Forces
The
Turkish army destroyed 11 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
positions in airstrikes against the terrorist group in northern Iraq,
the Turkish military said late on Jan. 6.
According
to a statement issued by the Turkish General Staff, fighter jets
carried out the airstrikes in the Qandil region of northern Iraq on
Jan. 6 between 6:58 and 7:55 p.m. (3:58 and 4:55 p.m. GMT).
The
PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S.,
and EU,
resumed its decades-old armed campaign in July 2015, after a more
than two-year-old resolution process failed.
Since
then, more than 300 civilians, including women and children,
and nearly
800 security personnel have been killed. Around 8,000 PKK militants
have been also been killed or apprehended.
