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Turkey’s military bombarded positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq on Saturday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
The bombardment occurred the day before nationwide local elections in Turkey, which present the first opportunity for Turkey’s citizens to express their opinion about the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan since he gained vast new powers last June.
Two Turkish soldiers have been killed following clashes with suspected Kurdish militants in Iraq, the defence ministry reported on Saturday.
Eight more troops were injured during the Turkish operation in northern Iraq on Saturday, where Ankara keeps a military force to combat Kurdish militants, according to Reuters.
The Turkish Armed Forces have destroyed caves, shelters, and hideouts used by the terrorist PKK group in northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry announced Friday.
In a statement, the ministry said that Turkish commandos carried out anti-terror operations at 15 different spots in the Hakurk region of northern Iraq.
The Ukrainian military spotted and prevented an enemy ambush attack during a reconnaissance operation near the town of Dokuchaievsk in Donetsk region on January 29, 2019.
“Thanks to skillful actions of a reconnaissance group, enemy troops were neutralized and the weapons left by the enemy were seized.
Police in Northern Ireland said Sunday they suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents to be responsible for a “reckless” car bombing outside a courthouse in the city of Londonderry.
Two men in their 20s have been arrested over the explosion which happened shortly after 8.00 p.m. local time (3.00 p.m. ET) on Saturday as people were socializing in nearby venues.