Turkey says it has carried out new airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
Release time：2024-05-07 12:31:17 Source：Universal Update news portal
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq, the Turkish defense ministry said Monday.
Warplanes struck suspected positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in the regions of Hakurk, Metina and Gara in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, according to the statement.
The airstrikes reportedly killed 16 militants, including some commanders, the ministry said. There was no immediate comment from the PKK, a banned separatist group that has waged an insurgency against Turkey since the 1980s.
The ministry said it was determined to “rescue Turkey from this problem.”
The latest airstrikes came weeks after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid his first visit to Iraq in 12 years, seeking greater cooperation from Baghdad in the fight against the militants. Erdogan had previously announced a major operation against the PKK for this summer with the aim of “permanently” eradicating the threat it poses.
- Previous：Moyes leaving West Ham at the end of the season. Lopetegui linked as the replacement
- Next：Husband of Florida woman missing in Spain is charged with her disappearance
Related articles
- Stars and DeBoer moving on after ousting Cup champ Vegas in tight 7
- Top Chinese diplomat meets with executive secretary of ESCAP
- English Premier League takes another step toward introducing a spending cap
- Trial starts in conspiracy
- After AP's missing students investigation, children return to school
- Chinese FM holds talks with Bolivian counterpart
- 8th Aswan int'l women film festival opens in Egypt
- Beijing improves services to facilitate film and television projects
- Janet Jackson to play 2024 Essence Fest instead of the Smoothie King Center this summer
- A third of foreign students seeking to stay in the UK are at just SIX institutions, figures show
- The foods that cancer experts want you to stop eating
- Chinese citizen killed, another wounded in mass stabbing attack at Sydney mall
- Chinese ballet to illuminate Dutch stadium
- China's archaeological site parks register strong revenue growth
- Teacher Appreciation Week: Top school's staff go 'beyond the textbook'
- Chinese foreign ministry official on US Secretary of State Blinken's visit to China
- Israeli airstrike kills 14 in Gaza's refugee camp
- Chinese FM meets with chairman of MSC Foundation
- Liam Gallagher rents swanky £17,000
- Chinese business group 'shocked, dissatisfied' over EU raids on Chinese company
Random recommendation
- Copyright © 2024 Powered by Turkey says it has carried out new airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq ,Universal Update news portal sitemap